CPLN 571

Author: Huiling He

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The Problem: Handling trash overflow on streets is EXPENSIVE!!! Our project responds to one long-standing problem in Philadelphia, that is, handling trash overflow on streets, and keeping the streets clean usually cost a lot of money. Since 2009, the streets department has set up more than 1,000 Bigbelly trash compactors around center city, spending more […]

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Using Force Sensitive Resistor to Detect the Fullness of a Trash Bin and Change RGB Color Accordingly

Post author By Huiling He
Post date November 15, 2017
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Introduction: This tutorial will show how to detect the fullness of a trash can by using two force sensitive resistor (FSR), and a RGB LED will change its color according to the changes. Basically, FSR is a resistor which can change its resistance depending on how much pressure it receives, and it is very sensitive […]