FYP 2 (Week 7)

For this week, I have made a change in chapter 3 which is methodology, where during FYP 1 I have stated that I will use Arduino IoT Cloud to display data related to wind speed. But I have changed the Arduino IoT Cloud application to Blynk because this Blynk application is easier for me to program and I have already managed to display the wind speed on that application. For the upcoming week, I plan to continue programming my project to send notifications on smartphones at intermediate and extreme levels.

Figure 1: New Block Diagram

FYP 2 (Week 6)

For this week, I have met with Madam Azliza personally to discuss about my project. I have shown and explained the progress for my project. I have also asked for her opinion whether it is necessary to add any function to my project or not. She gives her opinion which is to further beautify how the data is presented. In addition, she also told to prepare a table showing the different levels of wind speed because in the demo video, the wind speed for the three levels, the highest value is 3.66 m/s. This is because the wind source I use is a small fan. I have also planned to test my project in 3 different places to test the effectiveness of my project. Below shows the Beaufort scale which displays several levels of wind speed along with a description:-

Table 1: Beaufort Scale

FYP 2 (Week 5)

For this week, I have done some research to solve the problem that I faced last week. After doing research, I found out that to display numbers in decimal form on the Blynk application, it is necessary to use an android phone. On the Blynk application in the android phone, there is a setting where it shows the type of number to be displayed. Then for the problem where the gauge value is constantly refreshing, I have changed the coding again and have been able to solve the problem. On Wednesday, there was workshop 3 which was delivered by Madam Azliza. The purpose of the workshop is to give a little explanation about The Project Presentation & Demonstration / Defense Proposal.

Figure 1: Decimal Setting in Blynk Application

Video 1: Wind Speed on Blynk Application

Figure 2: Workshop 3

FYP 2 (Week 4)

For this week, I have started to do research about Blynk. As a first step, I have tried a video tutorial on Youtube where the video shows how to control the on/off button for LED using Blynk. This process is to make it easier for me to understand how to setup and use Blynk. After following the process of the video, I managed to control the LED by using the Blynk website and the Blynk application on the phone. Then I started to apply the Blynk to my project. After finishing the coding, I found that there is a problem where the gauge widget on the Blynk will always refresh to 0 when detecting the wind speed. Then, the other problem is the measured wind speed in Blynk is only in integer number and doesn't have option to display in decimal number. So, it is not suitable for my project because the highest wind speed value for my wind source is a maximum of 5 m/s and if there is no decimal value, it is difficult to see the change in the wind speed. Also on Wednesday, there is workshop 2 which aims to give a briefing on thesis writing for chapters 1 - 3. The meeting is held at 2.30 pm online on the Microsoft Teams.

Figure 1: Tutorial for Blynk on Youtube

Figure 2: Blynk Application

Figure 3: Workshop 2

Figure 4: Workshop 2(1)