Star Wars-themed device monitors indoor environmental conditions
We don't need to tell you that Star Wars is an extremely popular franchise. If you include all movies, video games, novels, theme park attractions, etc., it's the fifth highest-grossing media franchise of all time (just behind Winnie the Pooh). Due to its popularity, Star Wars themes are found in all facets of life. But fan Kutluhan Aktar took that in a surprising direction when he built this Star Wars-style Bluetooth® weather station and gas station.
We're not talking about a gas station to pump fuel, but rather a system that monitors indoor environmental gases, like methane and carbon monoxide, as well as climate information like temperature and humidity. 'humidity. Aktar opted to design the device with a Star Wars look and feel, which features a Millennium Falcon circuit board and a 3D-printed Yoda bust, but that theme has little to do with functionality. In addition to collecting environmental data, this device can illuminate a pair of light bulbs, control RGB LED lighting in the room, and spin a pair of fans. These outputs are configurable as indicators corresponding to environmental data. A small E Ink screen displays relevant data, which can also be accessed via smartphone.
The custom Millennium Falcon PCB, designed by Aktar in KiCAD, acts as a breakout board for an Arduino Nano 33 BLE that controls the other components. These components include an Adafruit DHT22 temperature and humidity sensor, MQ-4 and MQ-7 air quality sensors, light bulb relays, fan motors, and a Waveshare 2.9-inch ePaper module. . Aktar designed the case in Autodesk Fusion 360 and then 3D printed it on a Creality CR-200B 3D printer. Since the Arduino has a built-in Bluetooth adapter, Aktar was able to create a smartphone app that connects to the device via BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) to send control commands and receive environmental data.
We don't need to tell you that Star Wars is an extremely popular franchise. If you include all movies, video games, novels, theme park attractions, etc., it's the fifth highest-grossing media franchise of all time (just behind Winnie the Pooh). Due to its popularity, Star Wars themes are found in all facets of life. But fan Kutluhan Aktar took that in a surprising direction when he built this Star Wars-style Bluetooth® weather station and gas station.
We're not talking about a gas station to pump fuel, but rather a system that monitors indoor environmental gases, like methane and carbon monoxide, as well as climate information like temperature and humidity. 'humidity. Aktar opted to design the device with a Star Wars look and feel, which features a Millennium Falcon circuit board and a 3D-printed Yoda bust, but that theme has little to do with functionality. In addition to collecting environmental data, this device can illuminate a pair of light bulbs, control RGB LED lighting in the room, and spin a pair of fans. These outputs are configurable as indicators corresponding to environmental data. A small E Ink screen displays relevant data, which can also be accessed via smartphone.
The custom Millennium Falcon PCB, designed by Aktar in KiCAD, acts as a breakout board for an Arduino Nano 33 BLE that controls the other components. These components include an Adafruit DHT22 temperature and humidity sensor, MQ-4 and MQ-7 air quality sensors, light bulb relays, fan motors, and a Waveshare 2.9-inch ePaper module. . Aktar designed the case in Autodesk Fusion 360 and then 3D printed it on a Creality CR-200B 3D printer. Since the Arduino has a built-in Bluetooth adapter, Aktar was able to create a smartphone app that connects to the device via BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) to send control commands and receive environmental data.
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