Tim Tiernan
Published © GPL3+

Two Person Weasley Clock with Particle Photon and IFTTT

Taking inspiration from the Harry Potter character's Weasley clock, this one uses Particle and IFTTT to tell you where two people are.

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Two Person Weasley Clock with Particle Photon and IFTTT

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Photon
Particle Photon
×1
Photo Box Frame
×1
Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
×6
USB-A to Micro-USB Cable
USB-A to Micro-USB Cable
×1
Coffee Stirrer (Wood)
×2
Servos (Tower Pro MG996R)
×2
Plug socket patress box
×1
Black Card
×1

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Box Cutter
Screwdriver

Story

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Schematics

Circuit Diagram

Pretty Obvious Stuff

Suite of IFTTT recipes

IFTTT Recipe Example

This sends the number 53 to the particle... then the particle tells that servo to go to 53 degrees.

Code

Particle IDE Code

C/C++
Place the code in the Particle IDE
Servo timservo; 
Servo louservo;// create servo object to control a servo
                // a maximum of eight servo objects can be created

int timpos = 0;    // variable to store the servo position for timservo
int loupos = 0;    // variable to store the servo position for louservo
 
void setup()
{

//Setup the Servo to the function 
Particle.function("timservo", updatetimServo);
//Set pin D0 to be an output
pinMode(D0, OUTPUT);

//Setup the Servo to the function 
Particle.function("louservo", updatelouServo);
//Set pin D0 to be an output
pinMode(D1, OUTPUT);
//Take control over the LED on the board
RGB.control(true);
//Turn off the LED - we dont want it flashing behind the photo frame at night
//There may be a better way to do this like turning it off, I found it just as easy to set the colour to nothing
RGB.color(0, 0, 0);
}
 
void loop()
{
// We don't need to do anything here
 
}
 
//This function is triggered by IFTTT - the 'command' word represents the object used to store the 'position' we send to the function.
//The 'position' we send represents where we want the servo to move to
int updatetimServo(String command)
{
    
//Attach the servo to D1
timservo.attach(D1);
//Convert string to integer, the code after this requires the 'command' object to be in a number format. IFTTT however passes the object as a 'string' even if it is a 'number'.
uint8_t timpos = command.toInt();
//This tells the servo, attached to D0 to move to the position defined in the 'command' object that was passed when we triggered this function from IFTTT
timservo.write(timpos);
//Flash the LED on so we can see that a message has been recieved - just because we can
RGB.color(255, 0, 0);
//Remember to add the delay for 2 seconds, otherwise the LED will just flash for a period of time too small for us to see
delay(2000);
//Now set the LED back to off
RGB.color(0, 0, 0);
//detach the servo
timservo.detach();
//We return something to signify the end of the function - doesn't really matter what it is
return 1;
 

  }
  

  
//This function is triggered by IFTTT - the 'command' word represents the object used to store the 'position' we send to the function.
//The 'position' we send represents where we want the servo to move to
int updatelouServo(String command)
{
    
//Attach the servo to D0
louservo.attach(D0);
//Convert string to integer, the code after this requires the 'command' object to be in a number format. IFTTT however passes the object as a 'string' even if it is a 'number'.
uint8_t loupos = command.toInt();
//This tells the servo, attached to D1 to move to the position defined in the 'command' object that was passed when we triggered this function from IFTTT

delay(5000);

louservo.write(loupos);
//Flash the LED on so we can see that a message has been recieved - just because we can
RGB.color(0, 0, 255);
//Remember to add the delay for 2 seconds, otherwise the LED will just flash for a period of time too small for us to see
delay(2000);
//Now set the LED back to off
RGB.color(0, 0, 0);
//detach the servo
louservo.detach();
//We return something to signify the end of the function - doesn't really matter what it is
return 1;
 

  }
  

Credits

Tim Tiernan

Tim Tiernan

2 projects • 3 followers
Thanks to CameronT.

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