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Usingthearduinosoftwareandwritethiscodedown.
floattemp 8 31.860 views Posted:
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inttempPin=A0//arduinopinusedfortemperaturesensor 123 favorites 2015
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inttempMin=25//thetemperaturetostartthebuzzer
inttempMax=70
Hesham_Gaber
intfan=6//thepinwherefanisconnected (/member/Hesham_Gaber/)
intfanSpeed=0 Follow 10

voidsetup(){ (/member/Hesham_Gaber/)

pinMode(fan,OUTPUT) MorebyHesham_Gaber:

pinMode(tempPin,INPUT)
Serial.begin(9600) (/id/Usinga
}

voidloop(){
temperaturesensortocontrolthespeed
temp=analogRead(tempPin) of/)

temp=(temp*5.0*100.0)/1024.0//calculatethetemperatureinCelsius
Addinstructableto:
Serial.println(temp)
; Group
delay(1000)//delayinbetweenreadsforstability

if(temp<tempMin){//iftempislowerthanminimumtemp
fanSpeed=0//fanisnotspinning

digitalWrite(fan,LOW)

}
if((temp>=tempMin)&&(temp<=tempMax))//iftemperatureishigherthanthe
minimumrange

{
fanSpeed=map(temp,tempMin,tempMax,32,255)//theactualspeedoffan

analogWrite(fan,fanSpeed)//spinthefanatthefanSpeedspeed

}
}

Nowafterverifyinganduploadingthecodetothearduino,youcanopenthe
serialmonitorupattherightofthearduinosoftwaretoshowthetemperatureof
thesurrounding.
youwillnoticedthatihaveaddedthe"Serial.begin(9600)"functionthatshows
thetemperatureintheserialmonitor.
Toincreasethetemperatureyoucanheatitbytransferringheatfromyourbody
bytouchingit.
youcaneditthetempMinandtempMaxthevaluesyouwantdependingonyour
applicationspecification.

lm35.txt(/ORIG/FZN/AF1I/IA0WFW6D/FZNAF1IIA0WFW6D.txt)

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MeghanaM3(/member/MeghanaM3) 3monthsago Reply

motorisnotcontrollingitsspeed??howcanicontrolitpleasegivemethe
solutionforthatimmediately

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rashedkhan(/member/rashedkhan) 5monthsago Reply

myfanisrotatingthoughihavereducedthemintempbutmotorisnot
stopping.itisspinning

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MetroidChild.(/member/MetroidChild.) ayearago Reply

whatexactlydoesthediodethatgoesacrossthefanterminalsdo?Isthata
safetymeasureincasethefanspinsbackwardsbyitselftopreventfryingthe
npntransistororsomething,orisitjustthereforshow?

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DanielP406(/member/DanielP406) . MetroidChild.(/member/MetroidChild.)
5monthsago Reply
Youmight'vehadthisquestionanswered,butfor
otherswhoarecuriousthefanisaninductiveload,andthediode
thereforeservesasa'flybackdiode'.

Technically,thefan'smotordevelopsamagneticfieldinordertospin.
Whenthefansuddenlylosespower(whenyouturnitoffattheswitch),it
triesto'feeditself'usingthemotor'scollapsingmagneticfieldasits
source,insteadoftheoriginalsourcewhichisnowmissing.
Dependingonthemagnitudeofthisfield,theinductorcreatesanegaitve
potentialwhereitwasoncepositive,andtheinductiveloadtriesto
essentially'force'thevoltageacrossthepowerswitch,creatinganarc.
 Thisisdangerousforthecircuit.

Adiodeisthereforeplacedacrossthemotorsuchthattheintended
sourcewon'tbypassthefanwhenoperating,andtheinductorwill'power
itselfdown'PROPERLY(untilitdies)whenthefanisturnedoff.

Hopethishelps:)

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TuryaB(/member/TuryaB) ayearago Reply

canyougivethespecificationofthemotorused?

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wilsondm(/member/wilsondm) 2yearsago Reply

BOMDIA,timoTrabalhoPretendoeFcil.defazer

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(/member/wilsondm) 2yearsago Reply

thankyou,
itissimplyapartofabigproject,youmightuseitinsomething

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X tomatoskins(/member/tomatoskins) 2yearsago Reply

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X Hesham_Gaber(/member/Hesham_Gaber)(author) . tomatoskins
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itcouldbeinvolvedinalargeprojectlikeasmerthome!

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