Lighting control with Cobra SMARTsense Code

Article no. P1067669 | Type: Experiments

grades 7-10, grades 10-13
10 Minutes
10 Minutes
easy
Pupils

Unknown



Principle

Experimental setup for controlling the lighting depending on the brightness of the surroundings. In the experiment, the lamp switches off when a freely selectable light intensity is exceeded and vice versa.

Benefits

  • Programming of the controller with the Scratch programming language or with a trigger function.

  • Use of standard Cobra SMARTsense sensors for teaching in schools and universities. Tasks

Tasks

  1. Continuous measurement of brightness (in lux) and programming the switching of a light source depending on the brightness.

Learning objectives

  • The students learn how to create a lighting control system with just a few components.

  • Scratch programming.

 

 

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