Additional Info

• What you will learn:
  • Science
  • - Function analysis of the sorting system (post office, airport, ..)
  • Engineering:
  • - Solving problems regarding the choice of the material and components,
  • - Research of the function of individual components,
  • Math:
  • - Analysis of the motor operation: angle of rotation, dimensioning of the overall dimensions of the system
  • Technology:
  • - Controller programming
• Expected Time:

  Less than 5 hours

• Materials & Recycled Materials:
  • - Arduino + connection to the computer
  • - breadboard
  • - wires
  • - Led light (green)
  •  - electrical resitance 100 Ohm
  • - phototransistor 
  • - electrical resistance 10k Ohm
  • - Stepper motor Arduino 
  • - Stepper driver (to steer the angle of the rotation) 
  • - lego stick 11 holes
  • - Power supply / battery
  • - Insulation tape

   

• Guide:
  • 1. Prepare the above mentioned components.
  • 2. Install the components following these pictures:

  

  

  

  

  

   

   

• Further Steps:

  If you want more fun you can try to:

  • - discard only red packages (the sensor detects red colour and discards the package from the system).
  • - discard the packages that contain ferromagnetic substances (the sensor detects the ferromagnetic substances and discards the package from the system)
• Software used in the project:
  • - Arduino IDE
• Difficulty level: Medium
• Developed By: SIC Ljubljana - SL