State Machines Part 3 - Dish Washer Example

State Machines

In class Lab - Dishwashing Machine

In class Lab - Dishwashing Machine

  • We are going to build a simple dish washing machine with three cycles
    • Economy
    • Deluxe
    • Super Deluxe
  • Each cycle will wash and dry the dishes in some manner
  • The washer has a knob to change cycle (pot), a light to show the current state (RGB), and it starts automatically when the door is closed (magnetic switch)

Cycles and States

Cycles States
Economy Idle (white)
Deluxe HotWash (red)
SuperDeluxe ColdWash (blue)
  RegularDry (orange)
  ExtraDry (yellow)

Transitions

  • The potentiometer position determine the state by divide the potentiometer into 3 ranges
  • The first state will start when the / switch is closed, and the next states will happen automatically on a millis timer

Transitions

Economy Deluxe SuperDeluxe
Idle if until button pressed Idle if until button pressed Idle if until button pressed
ColdWash (2 min) HotWash (2 min) HotWash (2 min)
RegularDry (2 min) RegularDry (2 min) ExtraDry (4 min)
Idle Idle Idle

In class Lab - Dishwashing Machine

  • Download starting code
    • Go to https://bit.ly/ProjectZip
    • Paste the following link into the top right https://github.com/reparke/ITP348-Physical-Computing/tree/main/_exercises/week07/washer_start
  • Wire device as shown below

Wiring Diagram

Screenshot 2024-06-19 at 12.16.32 PM

Components

  • 1 RGB
  • 1 potentiometer
  • 1 magnetic switch (pushbutton will work too)

Wiring Pin Guide

LED Photon 2 Pins
Magnetic Switch D5
RGB Red LED A2
RGB Green LED A5
RGB Blue LED D15 (MO)
Potentiometer A1

General Approach

  • We will need to create a way to represent the states and cycles using enum
  • We will need to track state transitions with variables for state

  • We will need to control timing with millis()

  • What does loop() do
    • calculate new state
    • update the timing of the new state
    • update the RGB light for the new state

      State Transition Diagram

  • State transitions can often be represented with circle for the state
  • Arrows represent the flow from one state to another
  • Next to each arrow are the conditions that start the transition

Diagram

Credits

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