Kian Calnan
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Periodic Temperature Reporter

This small and attractive device periodically displays an attention-catching animation followed by the current temperature in C° and F°.

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Periodic Temperature Reporter

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
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Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
Although any similar boards should work Also, it is assumed that one has a way of downloading sketches onto the board
×1
Adafruit 0.8" 8x16 LED Matrix FeatherWing Display
Multiple colors available
×1
Temperature Sensor
Temperature Sensor
×1
Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
×7

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

Story

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Schematics

Temperature Reporter Design

(picture of schematics can also be seen above the story)
The design shows all the wires that are used and where they go. In this project I used and Ada Fruit 16/8 LED Matrix that did not show up in the program so I improvised by drawing wire to notes that had written the place where they needed to be connected on the matrix.

Code

TemperatureReporter.ino

Arduino
Here there are seven different classes that work together to create the effect.
#include <Adafruit_GFX.h>
#include "Adafruit_LEDBackpack.h"
#include "variables.h"

//TMP36 Pin Variables
int sensorPin = 0;
Adafruit_8x16matrix matrix = Adafruit_8x16matrix();
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600); // matching response speed between the arduino and the computer
  Serial.println("minute by minute temperature sensor");
  matrix.begin(0x70);  // passes in the address
}

void loop() {
  matrix.setTextSize(1); // sets text size
  matrix.setTextWrap(false);  // makes the text scroll nicely
  matrix.setTextColor(LED_ON);
  matrix.setRotation(1); // defines the texts orientation

  sense();
  left();
  delay(60000);
  sense();
  top();
  delay(60000);
  sense();
  right();
  delay(60000);
  sense();
  bottom();
  delay(60000);
}

sense.ino

Arduino
void sense() {
  reading = analogRead(sensorPin); //reads input from TMP36
   
  // converts the reading to volts, for 3.3v arduino use 3.3
  voltage = reading * 5.0 / 1024.0; 
 
  // prints out the voltage
  Serial.print(voltage); Serial.println(" volts");

  // converts to Celcius
  temperatureC = (voltage - 0.5) * 100 ;
  Serial.print(temperatureC); Serial.println(" degrees C"); // prints Celcius

  // converts to Fahrenheit
  temperatureF = (temperatureC * 9.0 / 5.0) + 32.0; 
  Serial.print(temperatureF); Serial.println(" degrees F"); // prints Fahrenheit
}

top.ino

Arduino
void top() {
  // scrolls from top to the bottom
  a = -7;
  for (x=0; x<=14; x++) {
    matrix.clear();
    matrix.setCursor(0,a);
    matrix.print("!!!"); 
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    matrix.setCursor(-1,a);
    matrix.print("!!!");
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    delay(100);
    a += 1;
    b += 1;
  }
  
  for (x=-8; x<=0; x++) {
    matrix.clear();
    matrix.setCursor(0,x);
    matrix.print(temperatureF);
    delay(50);
    matrix.print("F ");
    delay(50);
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    delay(50);
  }
  delay(1000);
  
  for (x=-8; x<=0; x++) {
    matrix.clear();
    matrix.setCursor(0,x);
    matrix.print(temperatureC);
    delay(30);
    matrix.print("C");
    delay(30);
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    delay(30);
  }
  delay(1000);
  matrix.clear();
  matrix.writeDisplay();
}

bottom.ino

Arduino
void bottom() {
  // scrolls from bottom to the top
  a = 7;
  b = 8;
  for (x=0; x<=11; x++) {
    matrix.clear();
    matrix.setCursor(0,a);
    matrix.print("^^^");
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    matrix.setCursor(0,b);
    matrix.print("^^^");
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    delay(100);
    a -= 1;
    b -= 1;
  }
  
  for (x=8; x>=0; x--) {
    matrix.clear();
    matrix.setCursor(0,x);
    matrix.print(temperatureF);
    delay(50);
    matrix.print("F ");
    delay(50);
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    delay(50);
  }
  delay(1000);
  
  for (x=8; x>=0; x--) {
    matrix.clear();
    matrix.setCursor(0,x);
    matrix.print(temperatureC);
    delay(30);
    matrix.print("C");
    delay(30);
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    delay(30);
  }
  delay(1000);
  matrix.clear();
  matrix.writeDisplay();
}

left.ino

Arduino
void left() {
  // scrolls from left to right
  a = -23;
  b = -24;
  for (x=-20; x<=0; x++) {
    matrix.clear();
    matrix.setCursor(a,0);
    matrix.print(">>>>");
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    matrix.setCursor(b,0);
    matrix.print(">>>>");
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    delay(100);
    a += 2;
    b += 2;
  }
 
  for (x=-16; x<=0; x++) {
    matrix.clear();
    matrix.setCursor(x,0);
    matrix.print(temperatureF);
    delay(30);
    matrix.print("F ");
    delay(30);
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    delay(30);
  }
  delay(1000);
  
  for (x=-16; x<=0; x++) {
    matrix.clear();
    matrix.setCursor(x,0);
    matrix.print(temperatureC);
    delay(30);
    matrix.print("C");
    delay(30);
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    delay(30);
  }
  delay(1000);
  matrix.clear();
  matrix.writeDisplay();
}

right.ino

Arduino
void right() {
  // scrolls from right to left
  a = 17;
  b = 18;
  for (x=0; x<=21; x++) {
    matrix.clear();
    matrix.setCursor(a,0);
    matrix.print("<<<<");
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    matrix.setCursor(b,0);
    matrix.print("<<<<");
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    delay(100);
    a -= 2;
    b -= 2;
  }

  for (x=16; x>=0; x--) {
    matrix.clear();
    matrix.setCursor(x,0);
    matrix.print(temperatureF);
    delay(30);
    matrix.print("F ");
    delay(30);
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    delay(30);
  }
  delay(1000);
  
  for (x=16; x>=0; x--) {
    matrix.clear();
    matrix.setCursor(x,0);
    matrix.print(temperatureC);
    delay(30);
    matrix.print("C");
    delay(30);
    matrix.writeDisplay();
    delay(30);
  }
  delay(1000);
  matrix.clear();
  matrix.writeDisplay();
}

variables.h

Arduino
  int a;
  int b;
  float voltage;
  int reading;
  int temperatureC;
  int temperatureF;
  int x;

Credits

Kian Calnan

Kian Calnan

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