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Temperature Monitoring using Python
Hello guysđ, so this post is going to be super excited and useful for those who are trying to find and implement some basic projects to increase and upscale their technical skills and knowledge.
Here is one of the simple projects, which I did during my college project season and it is super useful and easy to implement, with basic knowledge of python and some of the technical tools you can try out this project and can also list it to your Resume or CV, you can also take this project and show to your projectâs coordinator during your project season.
This project has so many uses from a real-time perspective, let me list some of the uses-
- It can be useful in a room whereâs temperature needs to be in between certain range.
- A factory or industry where people cannot present at all the time and thereâs temperature need to be fixed between certain range.
- While transporting some of the goods where they need to be in certain temperature range with limited power supply.
Hence these are some of the useful parts of the project where it can be implemented with full control over the temperature and best results.
This researchâs purpose is the same to find an easy and an inexpensive way to find an alternative to it which is based on microcontroller, a Wi-Fi Module, Buzzer, few Temperature sensors and a Solderless board. The system is designed in such a way that the temperature can be monitored whether it is in the given range of temperature as prescribed by the user.
We are also enabling to predict the temperature which will predict the temperature according to the temperature graph being made as by the input taken by the Temperature Sensors using Polynomial Regression Algorithm. Also, if the temperature of the enclosed area is not in the threshold range as suggested by the user, the System will automatically send a notification to user(s) via SMS, E-Mail or even through a Telegram Channel.
Note : To do this project completely you will need some technical tools and access to some of the software and online services.
The main scope of this project is to measure the temperature of a closed environment letâs say we want to measure the temperature of a room.
Basically, a range is fixed that is, the minimum and maximum temperature values are fixed and if the measured value is not in this range, then the system alarms and sends a notification to the userâs device through SMS, email, telegram etc.
- Bolt WiFi Module(microcontroller)
- LED (generic)
- Buzzer-to alarm the area
- Jumper wires (generic)
- LM35-temperature sensor
- Breadboard (generic)
We are using Z-Score analysis which also help in detecting the anomaly of the temperature sensor which means a variableâs value going beyond a certain range of values (upper and lower bound).These bound can be calculated using input values, frame size and multiplication factor, where frame size is minimum number of input values needed for Z-Score analysis and these predictions as well as the old values, all will be plotted on a graph, which the user can easily understand what could be the next game of plan. So, we going to use a formula to find any kind of anomaly that can happen in the proposed system.
So in the above listed formula,
r = Frame Size
C = Multiplication factor.
To do so and implement the project, you have to register at a platform called Twilio this will help us to get the notification on the device.
Twilio is a 3rd party PaaS (Platform as a Software) company that provides cloud communication. It uses web APIs to make calls and send and receive messages to registered mobile numbers. The following gives step-by-step instructions to create a Twilio account.
URL - Go to https://www.twilio.com/ .
Sign up - You will find the welcome page. Here click on the "Sign up for free option"
Basic steps include Register â> confirm mobile number â> setup required function to carry-out â> Configure the file with the required private fields
After this follow the steps as asked from verification till the project creation and in the project, section ask to send notification to your device on the Twilio platform.
You can refer this guide if you encounter any problems but make sure to go for only free access option during Signup - Twilio Guide
Make sure to change the configurations and confidentials with yours before implementing the project.
#This code is used to config the Twillio with the device
#configurations and credential file
api_key = 'XXXXXX' # Enter your API Key used in Twillio App
device_id = 'BOLTXXXXXXX' # Enter the device id i.e. the Bolt Id
telegram_chat_id = '@XXXXXXX'
telegram_bot_id = 'botXXXXXXXX'
threshold = [206.186, 309.28, 412.38] #Change the threshold values according to your environment
frame_size = 10
mul_factor = 2
#This code helps in main working and running of the set-up.
import conf, json, time, math, statistics, requests
from boltiot import Bolt
def compute_bounds(history_data, frame_size, factor):
if len(history_data)<frame_size:
return None
if len(history_data)>frame_size:
del history_data[0:len(history_data)-frame_size-1]
Mn = statistics.mean(history_data)
Variance = 0
for data in history_data:
Variance += math.pow((data-Mn),2)
Zn = factor*math.sqrt(Variance/frame_size)
High_bound = history_data[frame_size-1]+Zn
Low_bound= history_data[frame_size - 1]- Zn
return [High_bound, Low_bound]
mybolt = Bolt(conf.api_key, conf.device_id)
history_data = []
def send_telegram_message(message):
url = "https://api.telegram.org/" + conf.telegram_bot_id + "/sendMessage"
data = {"chat_id": conf.telegram_chat_id, "text": message}
try:
response= requests.request("POST", url, params = data)
print("This is the Telegram response")
print(response.text)
telegram_data = json.loads(response.text)
return telegram_data["ok"]
except Exception as e:
print("An error occurredin sending the alert message via Telegram")
print(e)
return False
def buzzer_alert():
high_response = mybolt.digitalWrite("2", "HIGH")
print(high_response)
time.sleep(5)
low_response = mybolt.digitalWrite("2", "LOW")
print(low_response)
time.sleep(5)
def check_temperature(value,checker):
if value > conf.threshold[2]:
print("The temperaure value increased the threshold value. Sending an alert notification")
message = "Temperature increased the threshold value. The current value is: " + str(int(sensor_value*0.097))
telegram_status = send_telegram_message(message)
print("This is the Telegram status", telegram_status)
if not checker:
return buzzer_alert()
if checker:
return 0
if value < conf.threshold[0]:
print("The temperature value decreased below the threshold value. Sending an alert notification")
message = "Temperature decreased below the threshold value. The current value is: " + str(int(sensor_value*0.097))
telegram_status = send_telegram_message(message)
print("This is the Telegram status", telegram_status)
if not checker:
return buzzer_alert()
if checker:
return 0
if value > conf.threshold[0] and value < conf.threshold[1]:
print("The temperature value is between ",str(int(conf.threshold[0]*0.097))," and ",str(int(conf.threshold[1]*0.097)), ". Sending an alert notification")
message = "Temperature is between " + str(int(conf.threshold[0]*0.097)) + " and " + str(int(conf.threshold[1]*0.097)) + ". Check prediction table. The current value is: " + str(int(sensor_value*0.097))
telegram_status = send_telegram_message(message)
print("This is the Telegram status", telegram_status)
if not checker:
return buzzer_alert()
if checker:
return 0
if value > conf.threshold[1] and value < conf.threshold[2]:
if not checker:
time.sleep(10)
if checker:
return 0
while True:
checker = False
response = mybolt.analogRead('A0')
data = json.loads(response)
if data['success'] != 1:
print("There was an error while retriving the data")
print("This is the error:" +data['value'])
time.sleep(10)
continue
print("This is the value: " +data['value'])
sensor_value = 0
try:
sensor_value = int(data['value'])
except e:
print("There was an error while parsing the response: ",e)
continue
bound= compute_bounds(history_data, conf.frame_size, conf.mul_factor)
if not bound:
required_data_count = conf.frame_size-len(history_data)
print("Not enough data to compute Z-score. Need ",required_data_count," more data points")
history_data.append(int(data['value']))
check_temperature(sensor_value, checker)
continue
try:
if sensor_value> bound[0]:
print("The temperature value increased suddenly. Sending an alert notification")
message = "Temperature increased suddenly. The current value is: " + str(int(sensor_value*0.097))
telegram_status = send_telegram_message(message)
print("This is the Telegram status", telegram_status)
buzzer_alert()
checker = True
elif sensor_value< bound[1]:
print("The temperature value decreased suddenly. Sending an alert notification")
message = "Temperature decreased suddenly. The current value is: " + str(int(sensor_value*0.097))
telegram_status = send_telegram_message(message)
print("This is the Telegram status", telegram_status)
buzzer_alert()
checker = True
check_temperature(sensor_value, checker)
history_data.append(sensor_value)
except Exception as e:
print("error", e)
#This code helps in Predicting future instance values.
# Shows up the different Plots and can able to make comparisions.
setChartLibrary('google-chart');
setChartTitle('Polynomial Regression');
setChartType('predictionGraph');
setAxisName('time_stamp','temp');
mul(0.097);
setAnimation(true);
setCrosshair(true);
plotChart('time_stamp','analog');
Paper work is available at, visit to read and completely understand the logic and working process of the project - The IJEAT Journal
You can download the paper and view it by đClicking heređ
The project work is mainly to calculate the temperature of a closed environment and sends notification to the connected device through SMS, Mail, Telegram etc. only if the temperature of the region varies i.e., either the temperature increases or the temperature decreases.
The system is also capable of displaying temperature, humidity and predicted temperature in real time through web-based application or through a Telegram Channel. For Alerts the system can send it through SMS, E-Mail or through a Telegram Channel.
Hope that some of you try to implement the project and if done then drop your experience in the comment section.
**This is just the overview of the project to understand it correctly and know more about it visit the Github Repository
Thank you for Reading, would Love †to hear your valuable feedback.
If anything is confusing or incorrect then let me know in the comment section. Thanks, from my side, this is Mayank, keep learning and exploring!!
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