Taking the CO sensor out for a spin

I took the CO sensor out into the car and took the car out for a spin, my idea was to attempt to record how much and when the motor vibrated when it detected CO. I tried these in various situations;
with the windows up/down, while revving/changing gear and when smoking in the car. i found that the motor vibrated most vigorously at its peak  when the window was down and when the car was slowing down in traffic.



the video is poorly as i needed to multitask between holding the camera in a good view, focusing the camera and smoke and take note on when it vibrated the most at the same time (if that helps as an excuse), you can see and mostly hear that near the end of the video the motor was vibrating harshly as it was at its peak of the situation i mentioned before. 

Just browsing

I was browsing on Youtube searching for other arduino projects people have made on the topic of smoking and have came across a few funny ideas

Smokers Nightmare (Arduino Sprinkler System)

It Works! :o

The Video displays  how the Arduino Board works.

When the CO sensor detects CO, the motor vibrates. 

I found that the sensor is quite sensitive therefore i would need to change few values in the codes using research figures of when CO intake starts to get harmful.

what i plan to do next is make a cigarette holder that contains the CO sensor and Motor which wires up to the Arduino Board.

if this is successful then i might look into how i could apply wireless connection from the cigarette holder to the arduino board.

The Arduino Codes..

The Aduino Codes on the left were uploaded onto the arduino board in order to make the CO sensor work with the Motor, when CO was sensed more then '0' then it set the motor off, so it vibrated, in order to make this more less sensitive i have to input the correct research data in to the code.

Lets Start Simple..

so, my quick to do list in order;

I plan to set up the technical side of the arduino board first, by wiring up the CO Sensor and Motor to the arduino board and then using codes to program the way it works.

After i am happy with that im going to start neating it up and then find ways to attach the CO sensor with in the Cigarette Holder ( which i shall make ) that should be wired up to the arduino board.

Then i will look into ways i may improve this by allowing a wireless connection between the sensor data and the arduino board in order for it to have less hassle while in use..

Important Note

I have noticed a possibilitly of the system i have planned to encounter a problem. when i mapped out a possible programme i realised that the CO sensor may dysfunction at a certain point, it may not work the way i intend for it to. by monitoring the immediate smoke, there may be a possibility that the smoke already contains very high amount of carbon monoxide that may trigger the alarm constantly, or even when not in use. it may also not consider the pattern one may smoke in, they may continuosly inhale the smoke with out a pause which may cause the CO sensor to read high amounts of CO to then activate the alarm, which may not be so accurate. Therefore i was thinking, if this problem is to possibly exist, i may consider looking into adding an inhaling detector which may be as simple as a suction button, that records the number of drags and then triggers the carbon monoxide sensor to read the level of CO with every drag. I may then set a certain limit on how many times the CO levels may rise high, for example, 5 times, so when it is higher then or equal to 5, the alarm will be set off.

i have come up with a simple order to remind me of this process, using digits as examples only;

if COsensor > 500

count ++

if count >= 5

trigger alarm

on loop

Flow Chart/ Programme And Use