Materials List: Designing and Packaging a Distance-Sensing Product

For Part 1:

Each group needs:

  • Arduino Mega 2560 Microcontroller
  • laptop, desktop (or other device with internet capability) with tabs open to Arduino Create page with TE One Sensor Sketch Open (See Figure 1)    

A screenshot of the Webpage for Arduino Create is shown.  It gives the six menu options for the site including: Arduino Web Editor, Arduino Project Hub, Arduino Cloud, Arduino Store and Forum.
Figure 1. Arduino Create is a free online platform to create and configure boards and share ideas.
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Copyright © 2018 Kendra Randolph, Smart Sensors and Sensing Systems RET, College of Engineering, Michigan State University https://create.arduino.cc/

Part 2:

Each group needs:

  • Student Group Planning Sheet for Ultrasonic Sensor Project
  • recycled or commonly available arts and crafts materials to serve as the “housing” for the Arduino unit such as tin foil, string, boxboard, cardboard, felt, modeling clay, tape or other adhesive, scissors, egg cartons, scrap paper, etc.
  • ruler (for measuring the package)
  • calculator (if a package is allowed volume)

Note: The amount of material depends on what teachers have available and what each group may want to use.  Students are not required to use all of the materials.

To share with the entire class:

  • 1 microcontroller with sensor set up and running with Arduino Sketch. Use the NewPing Instructions and Code for the coding to use.  You will copy and paste the text into the web editor.  Make sure to save the sketch after you copy and paste it. It would be great to show a serial monitor to students using a projector. 
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/mis-2227-distance-sensing-product-ultrasonic-arduino-microcontroller