Arduino Project

While receiving signals from sensors and sending signals to actuate motors can be considered electrical work, this project is used to demonstrate how mechanical engineers quickly excel in this area.

The proximity sensor is attached to the ELEGOO UNO. When a hand is brought close to the sensor, the Arduino program sends a signal to close a circuit for a motor to make two turns. It is applied to a soap dispenser, which is used in the project workshop now.

It took some time with breadboards to build the circuit. Once the circuit was designed, it took some hours under the fume hood in the soldering room to get this circuit soldered and insulated.

• Spring 2022 report by the UTD team

This is another project. When you get close to this mirror, green and orange lights go on.

• Dr. Dani Fadda, Professor of Practice, 972-883-4626, fadda@utdallas.edu
• Dr. Joshua Summers, Professor and Department Head, 972-883-6952, Joshua.Summers@utdallas.edu