Arduino Project

For our Arduino project we will be creating a device that has multiple LED's to monitor alcohol intake. The idea is that this device will enable the user to tell when they have had too much to drink. For this we will be using an Arduino Uno and an Alcohol / Gas sensor.

This was our original idea, drawn by Natalie.

To help us understand how to detect alcohol, we utilised a tutorial. We also had to rehash our idea slighty to make sure that it fell within health and safety guidelines. The principle is still the same but due to health and safety we will no longer be using an electric shock.

In the end we decided to use two plastic disposable drinking glasses, one to hold the device and the other one stacked on top to hold the alcohol. For the demo, as it is not a good idea to get drunk in a lecture, I suggested the use of hand sanitiser as it usually has a very high alcohol level depending on which brand you purchase.

Here is our initial demo, which I have described in an earlier blog.