Zamy97 / Automatic_Water_Tap

This Repo will hold all the links and resources I am using to be able to create an Automatic Water Tap using a sensor!

Automatic_Water_Tap

Goal is to be able to create this

This Repo will hold all the links and resources I am using to be able to create an Automatic Water Tap using a sensor!

All the links that I have looked at so far:

Equipment/Materials links:

1. Solenoid pump
2. Solenoid Valve on Ebay
3. Ultrasonic sensor
4. Another ultrasonic sensor
5. Ultrasonic Tutorial on RASPI blog
6. A relay thing that is confusing me
7. Jump wires I am going to need to connect things

Where I am getting inspiration from?

1. Visual representation of what I am trying to create
2. Goal is to be able to create this

Equipment I need:

• Solenoid Water Valve (12V)
• Arduino Board/Rasberry Pi
• Ultraonic Sensor Modulo
• Jumper Wires
• Relay Modulo
• 12V Power Supply

Questions/Things I am concerned about:

1. Firstly I am concerned about how am I going to connect the wires with different electric pieces?
2. What is relay? And Why do I need it? How does it help me with what I am trying to accomplish?
3. Instead of using Arduino, would I be able to achieve with a Rasberry pi?
4. Will I be able to write my script in Python?
5. How will I solder all the wires? How will I make sure that I connected the jumper wires with the right input?
6. How am I going to be able to get water from (hot + cold) through the Solenoid Valve?
7. I am wondering how will the code in Arduino will run? What will trigger the file where my code might live?
8. What are the IN & OUT size for my Solenoid Valve? Does it need to be 1/2? 1/4? 3/4? 3/8? [Think about how will you be getting the watet in the Valve]