DIY Fan Automatic ON and OFF using Arduino, Relay AND Temperature Sensor

 

Are we really worried about our home electrical bill due to the unnecessary consumption of electricity by fan, here is the best solution to it. Often in summer days, we use a fan to make our room temperature falls to 25-26 degree celsius i.e. normal room temperature. during the night the temperature falls still the fan is open and we feel cold and at the same time, there is a waste of energy as well. So, in this tutorial we are going to make an automatic fan that will maintain it's room temperature i.e, open the fan while room temperature exceeds 26-degree Celcius and close the fan while room temperature is below 26-degree celsius. Let's make our own automation of the fan.

Components required:

1. Arduino UNO

2.  5 Volt Relay Module 220V

3.  LM35 Temperature Sensor

About Relay:

Relay is a switching device. like we put the switch in a normal circuit and do it on and off similarly relay is a device when receives command makes switch on or off. In this tutorial when the temperature exceeds 26-degree celsius then Arduino pin 1 is high i.e. the Vin pin of the relay will get +5 volts and the switch will on making C and NO pin of relay short circuit and current flows resulting our fan operates. Whenever the temperature falls below 26-degree celsius then pin1 will be low i.e zero volts resulting in C and NO pin of the relay is open and the fan closes.

About lm35 temperature sensor:

lm35 is a temperature sensor that has 3 pin configuration, Vcc, Vout, Gnd. To Vcc, we supply 5 volts and Gnd is grounded. Whenever the sensor receives fluctuation in temperature, it gives it's reading in voltage form from Vout. This variation type of output we measure from the Arduino analog pin and convert it into respective temperature in degree celsius by using the formula given below:

Temperature = Analog read * 0.48828125

In this way, the obtained temperature is taken into consideration and we do further operation.

Programming Section:

NOTE: We first upload our program to Arduino then only we do the connections because after connection and then uploading the program may cause a short circuit due to previously uploaded programs.

float sensor=A0;

float temp=0;

int fan=1;

void setup() {

Serial.begin(9600);

pinMode(fan,OUTPUT);

digitalWrite(fan,LOW);

}

void loop() {

temp=analogRead(sensor);

temp=temp*0.48828125;      // convert temp to degree celsius

if (temp>26)

digitalWrite(fan,HIGH);

else

digitalWrite (fan,LOW);

}

Circuit Connection:

Make the circuit connection as above and now you are ready to go with your new featured fan.

In this way, you can make your own fan automation, and accordingly, you can set the temperature value for on and off of your device.