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Sunkeeper

Vitamin D decreases susceptibility to COVID-19. Humans make Vitamin D via sun exposure. Sunkeeper measures how much sun you have absorbed.

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Sunkeeper

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Seeed Studio Seeeduino Xiao
×1
Photo resistor
Photo resistor
×1
Resistor 5kOhm
×1
Resistor 220 ohm
Resistor 220 ohm
×3
5 mm LED: Red
5 mm LED: Red
×1
5 mm LED: Green
5 mm LED: Green
×1
LED, Blue
LED, Blue
×1
3.7v 1500mAh LiPo rechargeable battery with JST connector
×1
Mini PCB
×1
20 AWG insulated wire
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE
You also need this file to work with the Seeeduino Xiao in the Arduino IDE: https://files.seeedstudio.com/arduino/package_seeeduino_boards_index.json

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)
Solder Wire, Lead Free
Solder Wire, Lead Free

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Schematics

Sunkeeper Schematic Diagram

Use this wiring diagram to see how to connect the components to the PCB and battery.

Code

Sunkeeper Seeeduino Xiao Code

C/C++
Open in Arduino IDE and upload to Seeeduino Xiao through the USB-C port.
/**********************************************************/
int tim = 500;  //the value of delay time
// initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins

int lightPin=4;
int lightOnPin=6;
int IntensityPin=9;
int EnoughPin=10;
int ExcessPin=7;
unsigned long lastmillisgreen=millis();
unsigned long lastmillisred=millis();
unsigned long lastmillisblue=millis();
unsigned long lastmillisTL=millis();
float interval=500;


int lightVal;
float dl=500.0;
float M=10000.0;
float Rp;
float L;   // light intensity, unknown units, so calibrated empirically
float PL;  // percent of max brightness
float Vao;
float tdelta;  // time for a loop in minutes
float TL=0.0;  // total BSM (bright sunlight minutes) absorbed
float SL=0.0;  // current cumulative sunload
float maxbright=46.0;  // empirically derived maximum value of L representing bright sunlight (calibrated in northern NJ, USA)
float enoughthresh=15; //fifteen minutes of bright sunlight min. per day is recommended

// because sunburn is not a matter of how much sun you get throughout the day but rather exceeding your body's ability to handle sun exposure,
// we attempt to model your body's ability to handle damage by assuming that the "sun load" born by your body decays exponentially with the time since the sun was absorbed.
// we assume a halflife of 30 minutes, meaning the load born by your body after 30 minutes of exposure is half what it was at the outset
// sunloadmax = 21 = (1 - exp(-r*30))/r is about the load born by your body after 30 minutes of maximum sun exposure
float r = .0231; // r=ln(2)/30 means for the purpose of sunburn, the sun has a halflife of 30 minutes, so the skin will have repaired half the sun damage in 30 minutes
float lambda = .97716; // exp(-r)
float sunloadmax = 21;

float VCC = 3.3;  // seeeduino xiao HIGH voltage
float greeninterval = 5000.0;  // starting value
float redinterval = 1000*24*60*60.0;

void blinkpin(int pin, int d) {
  digitalWrite(pin,HIGH);
  delay(d);
  digitalWrite(pin,LOW);
  delay(d);
}

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:

pinMode(lightPin,INPUT);
pinMode(lightOnPin,OUTPUT);
pinMode(EnoughPin,OUTPUT);
pinMode(IntensityPin,OUTPUT);
pinMode(ExcessPin,OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(9600);
digitalWrite(lightOnPin,HIGH);
}

void loop() {
  Serial.println("Start:");
  unsigned long beginloop = millis();
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  digitalWrite(IntensityPin,LOW);
  if (greeninterval>0)
    digitalWrite(EnoughPin,LOW);
  if (redinterval>0)
    digitalWrite(ExcessPin,LOW);
  lightVal=analogRead(lightPin);
  Vao=(lightVal/1023.0)*VCC;
  Rp=((VCC*5.0/Vao)-5.0)*1000.0;
  L=M/Rp;
  PL=L/maxbright;  
       
  tdelta = (millis()-lastmillisTL)/(1000.0*60.0); // time elapsed in minutes
  lastmillisTL = millis();
  if (PL<0.25){
    PL = 0; // if the light is this low you are probably indoors, so don't register anything
  }
  TL=TL+PL*tdelta;  // counting up total BSM in minutes
  SL = SL * (pow(lambda,tdelta)) + PL*tdelta;  // accumulating sunload units and decaying them

  Serial.println(lightVal);
  Serial.println(Vao);
  Serial.println(Rp);
  Serial.println(TL);
  Serial.println(SL);
  Serial.println(millis());
  
  if (TL/enoughthresh>.02) {
    greeninterval = 100/(TL/enoughthresh);
  }
  // otherwise flash every 5 seconds to show device is on

  if (TL>=enoughthresh) {
    greeninterval = -1;
  }
  // stay on continuously to show enough BSMs achieved for the day
  
  if (SL/sunloadmax>.02) {
    redinterval = 100/(SL/sunloadmax);
  }
  else
    redinterval = 1000*24*60*60.0;  // don't flash red LED unless over 2% of sunloadmax

  if (SL>=sunloadmax) {
    redinterval = -1;
  }
  
  if (millis()-lastmillisgreen>=greeninterval) {
    digitalWrite(EnoughPin,HIGH);
    lastmillisgreen=millis();
    delay(10);
  }
    
  if (millis()-lastmillisred>=redinterval) {
    digitalWrite(ExcessPin,HIGH);
    lastmillisred=millis();
    delay(10);
  }

  if (PL>0.25){
    if (millis()-lastmillisblue>=100/PL) {
      digitalWrite(IntensityPin,HIGH);
      lastmillisblue=millis();
      delay(10);
    }
   }
   if ((millis()-beginloop)>1000*60*60*24) {
      TL=0;
      greeninterval = 5000;
   }
}

Credits

James Ooi

James Ooi

2 projects • 2 followers
Benji Ooi

Benji Ooi

1 project • 1 follower

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