Project 1 – Car

17 January, 2020

¡Build your own autonomus car! Discover an application of distance and light sensors using them in this project!

Inside your kit box you will find all material needed to build this car activity. Anyway you can download the templates here so you can cut and personalize your car. (dxf file included for laser cutting)

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Intermediate.

EXERCISE DURATION: 45 min.

MATERIALS:

  • Maker Inventor Kit
    • 4in1 main board
    • Ultrasound sensor
    • 2 Light sensors (LDR)
    • Switch button
    • Buzzer
    • white LED 5mm
    • 2 DC motors with wheel
    • Car template
    • 20 cm wires
    • Battery holder
    • USB wire
  • 6 AA cells
  • Computer

 

CONSTRUCTION:

Follow video steps to build your vehicle:

 

SCHEMATIC:

Electronic components should be connected according this diagram:

PROGRAM:

You can load your program to 4in1 main board using block programming or text code. If it’s your first time with 4in1 board or you have any problem connecting it to your computer you can view our first steps document.

Here you have main basic blocks program using MBlock software

codigo MBlock Inventor Kit 1

In our video you can see how to upload this program to 4in1 board.

 

If you prefer use text code, you can use our basic code for Arduino IDE. Feel free to modify and test.

//LED Y PULSADOR
#define LED  3
#define BUTTON 2
#define BUZZER  9 //buzzer to arduino pin 9

// SENSORES DE LUZ
#define LDR0  A0 //Sensor de luz Izquierda
#define LDR1  A1 //Sensor de luz Derecha

//sensor ultrasonido
const int EchoPin = 12;
const int TriggerPin = 13;

//MOTORES
//motor A -> Derecha. Motor B -> izquierda
int PinSpeedMA = 5, PinSpeedMB = 6; // PIN DIGITAL PARA LA VELOCIDAD DE LOS MOTORES
int PinTurnMA = 4, PinTurnMB = 7; // PIN DIGITAL PARA SENTIDO DE GIRO DE LOS MOTORES


int SpeedL = 175; //velocidad Izq
int SpeedR = 175; // velocidad Dcha

int Spin = 0;
int Direction = 0;
bool Control = true;

//PRUEBA
int leftsensor = 0, rightsensor = 0, us = 0, dataled = 0, databutton = 0;
int cm = 0;
int var = 0;


void setup()
{
  Serial.begin (9600);
  //  Sensores de luz
  pinMode(LDR0, INPUT);
  pinMode(LDR1, INPUT);

  // sensor ultirasonido
  pinMode(TriggerPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(EchoPin, INPUT);

  // motores
  pinMode(PinSpeedMA, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(PinSpeedMB, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(PinTurnMA, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(PinTurnMB, OUTPUT);

  // led y pulsador
  pinMode(LED, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(BUTTON, INPUT);


}

void loop()
{

  cm = ping(TriggerPin, EchoPin);
  leftsensor = analogRead(LDR0);
  rightsensor = analogRead(LDR1);
  dataled = digitalRead(LED);
  databutton = digitalRead(BUTTON);



 if (cm < 20)
  {
    //digitalWrite(PinLED1,HIGH);//LED1 Y LED2 = ON
    digitalWrite(LED, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(PinTurnMA, HIGH);//  HACIA ATRAS
    digitalWrite(PinTurnMB, HIGH);
    delay(1000);
    digitalWrite(PinTurnMA, LOW);// GIRO 
    digitalWrite(PinTurnMB, HIGH);
    delay(750);
    digitalWrite(LED, HIGH);
    tone(BUZZER, 1000); // envia señal 1kHz
    delay(200);        // ... suena durante 200 m
    noTone(BUZZER);     // el sonido para
    delay(100);        // ...suena durante 100 m
  }
  else
  {
    Spin = analogRead(LDR0) - analogRead(LDR1);
  //Serial.println (Spin);

  if (Spin < abs(70))
  { Serial.println ("avanza");
    digitalWrite(LED, LOW);
    digitalWrite(PinTurnMA, LOW); //  HACIA DELANTE
    digitalWrite(PinTurnMB, LOW);
    analogWrite(PinSpeedMA, SpeedR);
    analogWrite(PinSpeedMB, SpeedL);
  }
  if (Spin > 71)
  { digitalWrite(LED, LOW);
    digitalWrite(PinTurnMA, LOW); //  HACIA DERECHA
    digitalWrite(PinTurnMB, HIGH);
    analogWrite(PinSpeedMA, SpeedR);
    analogWrite(PinSpeedMB, SpeedL);
  }
  if (Spin < -71)
  { digitalWrite(LED, LOW);
    digitalWrite(PinTurnMA, HIGH); // HACIA IZQUIERDA
    digitalWrite(PinTurnMB, LOW);
    analogWrite(PinSpeedMA, SpeedR);
    analogWrite(PinSpeedMB, SpeedL);
  }
  if ((analogRead(LDR0) < 250) && (analogRead(LDR1) < 250)) {
    digitalWrite(PinTurnMA, LOW); // HACIA ATRAS
    digitalWrite(PinTurnMB, LOW);
    analogWrite(PinSpeedMA, 0);
    analogWrite(PinSpeedMB, 0);
    digitalWrite(LED, HIGH);
    tone(BUZZER, 1000);
    delay(200);
    noTone(BUZZER);
    delay(100);
  }
  }


}

int ping(int TriggerPin, int EchoPin) {
  long duration, distanceCm;

  digitalWrite(TriggerPin, LOW);  //para generar un pulso limpio ponemos a LOW 4us
  delayMicroseconds(4);
  digitalWrite(TriggerPin, HIGH);  //generamos Trigger (disparo) de 10us
  delayMicroseconds(10);
  digitalWrite(TriggerPin, LOW);

  duration = pulseIn(EchoPin, HIGH);  //medimos el tiempo entre pulsos, en microsegundos
  distanceCm = duration * 10 / 292 / 2;  //convertimos a distancia, en cm
  return distanceCm;
}

And our video showing you how to upload this code uisng Arduino IDE

You can  download files for MBlock 5 and ArduinoIDE

FINAL RESULT:
See this project finished and working:

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