Case Study

Project 1 -
https://www.instructables.com/Arduino-Uno-Fan-Control/

Project 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJK2JF8wOu8

Project 3 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEJ8MQyEOBg

Criterion Project 1 Project 2 Project 3

Ease of The materials are all The materials The materials

making/finding fairly easy to find and required for this are required for this are
materials are all basic also easy to get as it easy to find and only
components that will uses few parts in requires the 4 pin fan,
not cost too much to both the 2 pin tutorial a 12 volt DC power
buy if I need to. It and 3 pin tutorial. It supply. The fan is
also uses 4 pin fans uses a 12 volt dc also just a regular pc
which are the most battery for power. fan.
common. They use a This is not very easy
standalone battery for to find and most
DC power, instead of people will not have
using the usb power one and will have to
that comes from the buy a battery like this.
PC itself as it can
only output at 5 volts
and the pc fans need
12 volts each..

Ease of coding The coding on this The code on this This code is also
project is easy, but a project is very simple pretty simple, but
little long, it has a lot and easy and does also has a pwm
of components that not contain any control code in it.
are unnecessary for useless components This allows the coder
what I want to do. that needed coding to to change how fast
After stripping off the work. The fan is the fan pins and
code for things like controlled by change the fan ramp
the servo that are temperature and only up when the
unnecessary the has a low and high temperature keeps
code is pretty simple setting due to the rising(in sync with
and easy to limitations of the 2 each other).
understand. and 3 pin fans. The coding is done
The coding is done The coding is done on arduino SDK.
on arduino SDK. on arduino SDK.

Changes and This project can be This project can also This one by far is the
features addable stripped into different be changed to have least versatile as it
projects having one different things as the has a PWM control
with temperature output and input and and uses it with a
control, one with a the code is easily temperature sensor,
servo as the output, changeable. The you could change the
one with the LEDs as project can also be input to something
output, etc. The used for things like in like a photon sensor
project can be used the project like a and make it so that
for different purposes hovercraft, etc. this depending on how
from cooling a pc to one is better than the dark it is it changes
having it as a sleep first project in terms the speed of the fan,
fan. of versatility as the etc.
code is easier to
change and
understand.

Audience/purpose This project is more This project is better This project is made
for people who want for cooling a pc as for almost exclusively
a sleep fan than for the wires are longer as a cooling fan and
cooling an actual pc and allow for the has a set ramp up
even though it says it arduino to be placed speed.
is for cooling a little farther away This would be made
electronics. This is from the actual fan for people who like to
because it has all the and allows for the tinker and code.
components in short fans to be placed
proximity with each farther from the pc
other, this would be and can be put
hard to fit near somewhere hidden.
electronics as it This would also be
would either look bad for someone who
or it would not even needs a sleep fan or
fit. for someone who
This would be for likes to code and
someone who needs tinker.
a sleep fan or for
someone who likes to
code and tinker.