#### What is it?

The Novaduino® Ultrasonic Garage Assistant Kit uses a Maxbotix MB1010 ultrasonic sensor, a Feather Processor, a Novaduino® Display PCBA along with a 2.4-inch color TFT LCD display module to sense and display the distance to your car or any other object and to alert you when it is within a range that you program. It can sense distances between 6 inches and beyond 200 inches with a 1-inch resolution. The sensor is connected to the Novaduino® Display via a nice and flexible 6-foot cable. Mount the sensor a few feet above your garage floor to be in line with the front of your car and then mount the Novaduino® Display unit at eye level where you can clearly and safely see it from within your car while parking*. Park your car in its ideal location and then adjust the max distance on the Ultra Garage Assistant so that the range display turns green and then adjust the min distance where the range display background turns red. Then each time you park your car, keep it within the green threshold distance.

We’ve written some open-source software in Arduino-C for the Adafruit Feather M0 processor (included in the Kit) that provides a display of the range to your car on the Novaduino® Display. We’ve also designed a nice case and sensor enclosure that you can 3D print with the included STL files. If you don’t have access to a 3D printer, you can optionally purchase a 3D printed Case. The kit also comes with a Rotary Encoder and 3 buttons for setting the threshold minimum and maximum ranges as well as the brightness of the display backlight.

Note: soldering through hole components is required to assemble this kit. Also, loading downloaded software using your own computer is required. Also, 3D printing the case and case components is needed (or you may purchase a case).

#### Why did you make it?

We made the Ultrasonic Garage Assistant Kit as an educational project and to use in our garage for accurately parking our car every time. Also, this Kit is a great demonstration of the Novaduino Display, Arduino software programming, and 3D-printing and customization.

#### Features

• A 2.4 inch graphic TFT LCD touch screen display
• Novaduino PCBA with button and encoder scan processor, touch controller, uSD socket, and expansion capabilities
• Adafruit Feather M0 Express processor running at 48 MHz
• A MaxBotix MB1010 Ultrasonic Range Sensor
• A 3D Printable Case with all the files you need to customize the front panel
• Arduino software downloadable from GitHub
• Setting of maximum and minimum range through the front panel controls
• An extensive Assembly and User Manual

KIT006 Includes

• 1 - Novaduino(tm) Display PCBA, NRL1000014
• 1 - 2.4" Display Module, 4DLCD-24320240-RTP-IPS
• 1 - LCD Spacer
• 1 - set of female Headers for the Novaduino PCB (short PTH pins)
• 1 - On/Off Switch
• 1 - Rotary Encoder
• 1 - Rotary Encoder knob
• 3 - Tact Buttons
• 3 - key caps for Tact Buttons (White or Black)
• 1 - Adafruit Feather M0 Express - ATSAMD21 Cortex M0
• 1 - set of female Headers for Feather Proc (long pins)
• 1 - Maxbotix Ultrasonic Rangefinder - LV-EZ1/ Max1010
• 1 - 6-foot cable, 4-conductor, black
• 2 - self tapping #2 Sheet Metal Screw, Plain Finish, Flat Head, Phillips Drive, 1/4" Length
• 1 - BUSHING W/STR RELIEF NYLON BLACK
• 1 - 6 pin male header, 2.54 mm pitch
• 2 - light pipes for Front Panel 3mm .188"L
• 4 - #6-32 5/8-inch machine screws, Front Panel attach
• 4 - E-Z LOK, 6-32 thread
• 1 - cable tie, 4 inches
• STL File Kit for UltraGA including Faceplate (with F3D and STP), UltraGRA Case, MB1010 Enclosure, and Front Bezel