Hey everyone, I'm currently trying to make a project where I use Arduino components to make a device for measuring the amount of thickness or how thick ice is. I'm doing this for a project of mine for school and I just need a little bit of help on the circuitry part.
I might have an idea but the thing is that I don't know how to get the thickness of the ice itself using only circuits. And as a substitution of ice i could use Styrofoam or something similar but only for the testing part of it. But when I'm done i would like it to measure ice only. I was thinking maybe ultrasonic sensors but that's just an idea I don't know really what to use. Please help me out and if there is like a custom component that I can use to make it more easier even more better that Arduino offers or even anywhere that's compatible with the Arduino board please let me know but this needs to be used with Arduino components.
You're looking for ground penetrating radar. Or an auger.
the main point of the project is to not drill any holes in the ice and to just find the thickness without doing any drilling or doing it manually. With these ground penetrating radars, they are exactly what i need but is it compatible with an Arduino. And also cost is a part in this as well. The device doesn't need to have only Arduino components, it just needs to work with an Arduino.
A single Google search just now was enough to find the answer to your question. And it was the top result as well. Perhaps you should give that a try.
The main point of a school project is that you research what, if any , techniques are available that fit your specification , then make your choice .
When you write up this is an important part of your report and you can support your decision.
Making it work is a smaller part of such a project.
So you might have a list of techniques , each with cost , ease of use, accuracy and so on, then why you have gone for using a particular technique .
Looks better than
“ I asked someone what to do “
An Arduino would work well to show or record the results, but is not likely to be able to do the tests.
A fun challenge to measure ice thickness with Arduino. Let us know what you decide to do and how well it works.
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