We are just extremely lazy. That's my motivation.
This mission has very deep roots. It began with me, my flat mate and the garbage truck that comes to our society to collect the garbage every morning. While emptying the dustbins we have to make sure that the dry and wet waste are in separate dustbins. It so happens that, at least a day in a week, I will be out, getting scolded over why there is mixed wet and dry waste. Thanks to my flat mate (or maybe me, I will let you decipher that) who was lazy enough to mix the two.
Enough with the scolding, I have to find a lazy solution for this.
A couple of months back I was browsing through the Element14 community. What better platform than a challenge to propose a simple Idea. One fine evening I get a notification that I am one of the 20 challengers. This is the moment.
I intend to create a solution to remove the hassle of worrying about what goes into which garbage bin and what not by segregating them accordingly. This solution encompasses of devices procured from the developer’s kit. The brain of this project will be the Infineon’s XMC4200 controlling. The other peripheries include motors which can be connected using the TLE94112 that is a DC motor control shield fitting right onto the XMC4200, DPS368 pressure sensor, moisture sensor, MQ6 gas sensor and LEDs for indications. I have conceptualized the design for the dustbin which I will we sharing in the upcoming blogs.
The Element14 team had informed that I will be receiving the development kit soon and my eyes have been glued to the door ever since.
Stay tuned and I will keep sharing you the most recent updates.
