Published May 27, 2018 © GPL3+

Simple Movement Detector

This project is about a simple movement detector. Whenever any obstacle comes in a line (predefined) a light will glow.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino Nano R3

LED (generic)

Jumper wires (generic)

Resistor 221 ohm

LDR

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

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The Project

So my project is about a simple motion detector. This can be used in various project's like automatic light on/off, intruder detection etc. We make the circuit in such a way that the light from led will fall on LDR. So with the initial observation we make the coding. The theory used is that whenever the light falls on the LDR, resistance changes. So varying light create varying resistance. This property is being used here.

The LDR is connected to the analog pin of the Arduino in order to get the varying resistance (or voltage) value. So at first stage we measure the resistance without any obstacle between the LDR and LED and then with some object. This observation is noted and used while coding. Whenever the resistance fall or rise below a certain limit we can infer that there is some thing place in between the LDR and LED. So if something is placed in between LDR and LED a light will glow.

Code

Code for the system

int sensorPin = A0; // select the input pin for LDR

int sensorValue = 0; // variable to store the value coming from the sensor
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600); //sets serial port for communication
pinMode(2,OUTPUT);
pinMode(12,OUTPUT);
}
void loop() {
sensorValue = analogRead(sensorPin); // read the value from the sensor
digitalWrite(2,1);
Serial.println(sensorValue); //prints the values coming from the sensor on the screen

delay(1);
if(sensorValue<80)
{
  digitalWrite(12,1);
}
else 
{
  digitalWrite(12,0);
}
}

Credits

Sriram MN

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A Engineering student who just stepped into the world of electronics. Interested in Astronomy,Robotics,Iot,Quantum phenomenon,Ml and AI .

Simple Movement Detector

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Credits

Sriram MN

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Simple Movement Detector

Simple Movement Detector

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Images

The Project

Schematics

Circuit Diagram

Code

Code for the system

Credits

Sriram MN

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