ENGR103 Final Assignment
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For this project I was tasked with measuring something of interest for a 24 hour period and recording the data to gain a better understanding of my choice measurements. I decided to measure the temperature of my broken freezer using a thermistor. With the data I gathered I would then compare that temperature with the average temperature of the fridge itself. To gain accurate measurements I needed to create a system that would capture the temperature and print the readings for every second, amounting to 86400 seconds. However this was too many data points to filter through so I took the average of each 10 minute interval. Allowing me to have a mere 144 data points to analyze. On top of this we were tasked with keeping track of the lowest/highest temp as well as the overall average. After collecting all the necessary information, I have concluded that my freezer is indeed not suited for freezing goods. A freezer should normally be around 0 degrees Fahrenheit, while mine averages around 25-28 degrees. This is closer to the temperature of my fridge, around 34 degrees (this is the temp it should be), so it's obviously unusable.
Artifacts
Name | Description | |
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Final_Project_2_ | This is the code I used to gather the data. | Download |
Final Assignment Data Sheet | An excel sheet plotting the 10min averages, minimum, maximum, and overal average. | Download |
Project Video (part 1) | A video explaining my process of completing this project | Link |
Project Video (part 2) | A video explaining my process of completing this project There were some technical difficulties, so this is in 2 parts | Link |