Kirsten RamseyKenneth Hitt
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Clap On/Off Lights

Don't you just hate getting into bed, getting comfortable, and then realizing you forgot to turn off the lights? Well this is for you!

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Clap On/Off Lights

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Photon
Particle Photon
×2
SparkFun SEN 12642 Sound Detector
×1
Photo resistor
Photo resistor
×1
Resistor 100k ohm
Resistor 100k ohm
×1
Mini Smart Plug
×1

Software apps and online services

IFTTT
ThingSpeak API
ThingSpeak API

Story

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Schematics

Light Sensor Circuit Diagram

Sound Detector Circuit Diagram

Code

Sound/Clap Sensor

C#
The Photon reads the output of a SEN-12642 sound detector, and when the output reaches a certain value the photon will publish a "clapOn" or "clapOff" event.
int audioSensor = A0;   //labeling pin A0 for future use
int value = soundDetect();  //making value a integer
bool light = false;


void setup() {
    pinMode(audioSensor, INPUT);    //setting pinMode for input pin
    Particle.publish("clapOff", PRIVATE);   // making sure program always knows which state it is in by starting with light off
    Particle.subscribe("BrightRoom", myHandler2, MY_DEVICES); // BrightRoom function turns light off when room is brighter than 4000
}

void loop() {
    value = soundDetect();  // runs sound detect program
    if (value > 2500) {     //if loop constantly checks to see if sound value is higher than ####
        if (light == true) {
            light = false;  //sets light value to false which equals off
            Particle.publish("clapOff", PRIVATE);   //sends publish event to ifttt applet looking for "event_name_here"
            delay(1000);  //Delay to make sure loop doesn't run more than once per sound
        }
        else {
            light = true;   // sets light value to true which equals on
            Particle.publish("clapOn", PRIVATE);    //sends publish event to ifttt applet looking for "event_name_here"
            delay(1000);    //Delay to make sure loop doesn't run more than once per sound
        }    
        delay(1000);    //delay added to make program function properly     
    }
}

int soundDetect() {     //when soundDetect is call this is what is run
    return analogRead(audioSensor);     //this takes a reading from the audioSensor pin
}

void myHandler2(const char *BrightRoom, const char *data) {     //this function looks for BrightRoom Event
    Particle.publish("clapOff", PRIVATE);   //sends publish event to ifttt applet looking for "event_name_here"      
}

LightSensor

C#
This code gathers the output of a photo resistor and sends the data to ThinkSpeak to be graphed. Also, when the room is too bright it will shut off light when its not needed.
int lightsensor = A0;       // Labels A0 pin as lightsensor for further use
int value = readlight();    // sets value as an integer

void setup() {
    pinMode(D7, OUTPUT);    //sets D7 to be an output
    digitalWrite(D7, LOW);  //turns D7 off when photon just starts to clear any previous requests
    pinMode(lightsensor, INPUT);
    
    Particle.subscribe("clapOn", myHandler, MY_DEVICES);    // Subscribe to the integration response event
    Particle.subscribe("clapOff", myHandler2, MY_DEVICES);  // Subscribe to the integration response event
}    

void loop() {
    value = readlight();     //Runs readlight() program written below
    Particle.publish("LightRead", "{ \"value\": " + String(value) + ", \"key\": \"THINGSPEAK_API_KEY_HERE\" }", THINGSPEAKCHANNEL_ID_HERE, PRIVATE);          //publishes to ThingSpeak
    delay(1000);
    if (value > 4000) {
      Particle.publish("BrightRoom", PRIVATE);   // This checks to see if the room is bright enough to turn light off 
    }
}

int readlight() {   // readlight() program written here in global view
    int analogValue = analogRead(lightsensor); // sets lightsensor pin to a value
    return analogValue;     // returns analogValue number to where readlight() is 
}

int funblink() {    // code for the funblink() NOTE:Do not place below myHandler functions or Photon will only blink rapidly forever  
    digitalWrite(D7, HIGH);
    delay(50);
    digitalWrite(D7, LOW);
    delay(50);
    digitalWrite(D7, HIGH);
    delay(50);
    digitalWrite(D7, LOW);
    delay(50);
    digitalWrite(D7, HIGH);
    delay(50);
    digitalWrite(D7, LOW);
    delay(50);
    digitalWrite(D7, HIGH);
    delay(50);
    digitalWrite(D7, LOW);
    delay(50);
}

void myHandler(const char *clapOn, const char *data) {      // Looks for the clapon event
    digitalWrite(D7, HIGH);     // when clap on is published D7 Pin turned on 
}   

void myHandler2(const char *clapOff, const char *data) {    // looks for the clapoff event
    funblink();       // runs the fun blink program
}

Credits

Kirsten Ramsey

Kirsten Ramsey

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Kenneth Hitt

Kenneth Hitt

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Junior in Mechanical Engineering

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