Prototype

Most of the materials used to build the prototype were scrap materials.

List of material bought for building the prototype:

Component quantity Price/ Rs

5.9V dc motor 6 3 for Rs150
Arduino Board 1 100
LCD screen 1 40
IR reciver 1 10
9V battery 4 45
battery connecting cable 4 4
LDR 1 10

List of material obtained from scrap:

Component quantity
MDF wood (50 x50 cm) 3
Plywood (50 x 50 cm) 1
Metal rod (35cm) 2
curtains 4
white cloth 1
connecting wires 20m
bread board 1
LED 5
IR transmitter 1
thermistor 1
Remote 1
Cotton Cable Cord 1
Pulley 4
transistor 4
Assembly of prototype:

1. Three pieces of 50 x 50 cm MDF wood and one 50 x 50 cm plywood was cut using a
table saw.

table saw

2. Flat wood drill bit was used to make hole in 2 MDF sheets, then a jigsaw was used to
make two windows on each of the MDF wood sheet.

Drilling machine Jigsaw

 3. A wood router was used to polish the edges of the sheets.

Wood Router

4. Flat head screws were used to join the MDF wood together and plywood base was nailed
to the structure.
5. Using arc welding, two the curtain rails of 35cm long were manufactured from metal
rods.
6. Before welding the base of the rails, the curtains rings were already placed.
7. The curtain rails were glued to the prototype using hot glue.

Prototype
Frame

8. Two pulleys were nailed at the centre of each window.

9. Using hot glue, pulleys were also attached to the curtains motor and then the motors were
fixed to the structure.

Pulley DC
Cotton Cable motor
Cord
 Rail

Curtain ring

10. For the projector screen, a piece of white cloth was sewed on a straw and then one end of
the straw was glued on a dc motor. The other end was inserted in this component and the
dc motor was fixed.

11. Using twist wires, all dc motors were connected to an arduino board.

Twist wires Arduino Board

12. A white LED, IR transmitter and IR receiver were glued to the centre of the prototype
and their terminals were also connected to the arduino board.
13. 4 RGB LED were placed at each corner of the prototype.
14. To control lighting intensity and temperature, a LDR and a thermistor were connected to
the analogue pins of the arduino.

At the end , c programming was used to programme the arduino board so that the required output
is obtained.