This project stems from the problem of bloody noses. There is nothing worse than sleeping during the winter only to wake up with blood on your pillow because your nose couldn't stand the dry air. Using a humidifier is great, it adds the moisture you're nose has been seeking back into the air. Although lots of modern house heating systems use a humidifier, this is a much smaller scale machine that is designed to target a specific humidity level. This device detects when the humidity in the air of your room falls below a certain threshold percentage and begins adding humidity back into the air, alleviating your nose bleed risk. Once the humidity reaches the upper threshold the humidifier shuts off and your room has successfully been restored to the optimal humidity level. This straightforward solution provides a level of comfort to not only myself through eliminating lots of risk for nose bleeds, but also for others who struggle with the same issue and are seeking simple solution.
Idea:This project was very simple, beginning with the simplest idea of taking a store bought, single room humidifier, and implementing a automated servo to operate the single button using a humidity sensor.
Logic:The core of this entire project is the humidity sensor. The humidity sensor would return a percent value which would be compared to a set of threshold values which would activate the humidifier when the humidity level was too low, and it would turn off the humidifier when the room reaches the set humidity level. Additionally, I decided that it would be wise to create a button that sets the target humidity level to the humidity level of the room when the button is pressed and a button to reset the target humidity to the default.
Challenges:Really the only challenge with the process of creating this relatively simple home automation was getting the servo to operate properly. The button that the servo interacts with requires a decent amount of force to activate. By attaching the servo directly to the humidifier, it tended to push itself off of the humidifier and rip off the tape (my original solution) or put increasing tension on the Velcro strap (my final solution). This was solved relatively easily by replacing the tape with a Velcro strap that wraps around the humidifier, providing enough force directly on the servo such that it does not lift up off of the face of the humidifier.
Video:https://drive.google.com/file/d/154DP0Zd7w9rGzZTjJ8lQ2gP8c0mXx-Jn/view?usp=sharing








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