Channel: Devon Crawford

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Description: Our dorm room had no control over temperature and was consistently too hot. So we decided to build our own air conditioner using an Arduino (seemed like the only viable option). Each room has it's own temperature sensors, ventilation shafts, and fan controllers. It was the Arduino's job to monitor the room temperature and control the fans to achieve the desired temperature. Surprisingly it worked quite well. Considering we simply used the window (thanks, Canadian winters!) as our cold air source. I should mention the only reason this worked is the fact that we were living in a dorm. The furnace worked great! So great that it would not turn off. Leaving our room at 30 degrees Celsius while we slept. This is why the project was able to achieve stable temperatures in both rooms. Heat from the furnace was battling with the (controlled) cold air flow from our air conditioner connected to the window. Kind of sketchy I know, we literally made ventilation shafts out of cardboard and hot glued them to the ceiling. Hey, it worked, who's laughing now! It was quite simple to code since Arduino's language is just C with added functions. This was my first project with Arduino. I used to be just a software guy but I have fallen in love with hardware. Recently I have been designing circuits for custom lithium-ion battery packs. Power is the most fundamental aspect of all electronics, which is why this is so interesting to me. It's just kind of funny that this air conditioner thing is what got me started with circuit design and low-level electronics. source code: goo.gl/yptiQP Next Video: youtu.be/O4sXXoArJK4 Previous Video: youtube.com/watch?v=oR_qq96vf2c&t=289s Social ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Website: devoncrawford.io Twitter: twitter.com/DevonCrawford13 Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/devoncrawfordyt Instagram: instagram.com/devoncrawford_ Github: github.com/devoncrawford Discord: discord.gg/sU2fur9 Patreon: patreon.com/devoncrawford Gear ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ - Video Editing Software (Premiere Pro CC): goo.gl/rKx66D - All Adobe Apps (I use this plan): goo.gl/hrTYFS - Keyboard (Velocifire TKL01) : amzn.to/2AQTjJQ - Monitors (Dell U2518D) : amzn.to/2AQQmco - Webcam (Logitech C920): amzn.to/2Cw588c - Desk Microphone (Blue Yeti): amzn.to/2FPFmzi - DSLR (Canon T7i): amzn.to/2T54mpZ - Wide Lens (Tokina 11-16mm F2.8): amzn.to/2MlpvcO - Full list of gear: devoncrawford.io/gear Music (order of appearance) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ JOSEPH L'ÉTRANGER® - Myself Link: soundcloud.com/josephletranger/myselfff a l e x - i wasnt aloud to watch whose line as a kid but i think its pretty good now Link: soundcloud.com/worsethanthis/i-wasnt-aloud-to-watch-whose-line-as-a-kid-but-i-think-its-pretty-good-now DRE RODNER - NASA Link: soundcloud.com/drerodner/nasa a l e x - dont die Link: soundcloud.com/worsethanthis/dont-die s e s h - mondays are for you Link: soundcloud.com/seshcurry/mondays-are-for-you Paulie - Melting Link: soundcloud.com/paulielep - - - - - - - - - This video is from March 2017 by the way.. I'm a little behind on edits lol.