Process

As this was my first time working with sensors and coding, first step was to work with basic sensors such as FSR, flex, Photoresistor sensors and use online sources for code references and try to get smooth feedback from them after integration.

Then I conceptualized the idea of an interactive planter installation to improve the waiting experience at the door, outside the house. To achieve this goal, I played with multiple melodies for the Piezo pin and finally decided to make the melody itself customizable i.e play anything you want using the keyboard like interaction. I had difficulties incorporating a loop for notes to repeat in order and start over after the eighth note which I overcame eventually. I also incorporated a PIR motion sensor to detect and trigger blue light to glow when someone comes in close vicinity with the plant which was very difficult to calibrate and get accurate results. While I troubleshooted a lot, the PIR sensor is still quite glitchy.

Once all sensors were set up correctly, I linked them to IFTTT to log each trigger from the Piezo onto google sheets and further sent alerts via SMS to my phone with a message saying "Hope you enjoyed the music".