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Santa Clara Adult Education

Motion Sensor (ENGR 110, Spring 2013)

The objective of the project was to accommodate the needs of individuals with limited mobility and provide a means to easily access a computer...

Students: Robert Ross

Advisor: Shoba Krishnan

The objective of the project was to accommodate the needs of individuals with limited mobility and provide a means to easily access a computer. The student created an easily-triggered motion sensitive switch to act as the left mouse button. The following was used to complete the design: an ultrasonic distance sensor, an Arduino UNO board, a breadboard that the sensitivity knob, the LED, and the LED’s resistor.