Waking up wrong can impact your whole day. The wrong alarm clock is therefore one of the fastest ways to having a terrible day. The motivation for this project was the battle of trying to find an alarm clock that awakened reliably even from deep sleep, without giving the user a heart attack or headache if they were resting more lightly. The solution is a two-part wake system that first vibrates the headboard intermittently with increasing duration and decreasing intervals. Then, after the vibration lightly rouses one from sleep, the light is automatically triggered to avoid the temptation of falling back asleep.
Additionally, it was decided to incorporate a temperature sensor into the Photon that triggers the light to monitor the variation in temperature from the common area to the bedroom. This was a simple addition to build, with the code for the temperature tracking being sourced from the Particle tutorial page. This program is useful because it monitors for issues with the movement of air throughout the space.
The data from the temperature sensor is sent to a Google Sheets document and graphed. Here is a sample of the graph, showing consistent room temperature, then a peak when the sensor is touched (to check function) before it resumed base temperature.
Here is a quick video showing the project and general set-up.
This project was created for a grade in the MEGR 3171-001 Instrumentation class at UNC-Charlotte.
















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