Squirt

Squirt is a motion activated water cannon using Arduino.

This was designed for use in the garden but as it's winter we tested it in the bathroom. It works!

True motion tracking is expensive and complicated so this system activates when the victim moves into range and randomises the position of the cannon and the firing time within a limited area. The sometimes fickle readings from the PIR sensor just adds to the cannon's randomness, and therefore the fun.

This is my first Arduino project.

Step 1 Parts

Arduino
Windscreen washer pump
PIR motion detector
servo motor
TIP 120 npn transistor
10k resistor
1N4004 diode
12v rechargeable NiMH battery
on/off switch
watertight box to house the workings
Watertight reservoir
Various length 22 awg jumper leads
Soft tubing
Short length of pipe
Breadboard

Comments

[cstace]

There would be a market to sell something like this. The ones you buy in the shops (i.e. scarecrow) have to be hooked up to a hose outdoor water supply. If you don't have a outdoor hose this is a great option... If someone in the UK makes one I would buy it.

[lltiago]

hey guy....awesome job....but could you take a better picture of the circuit..? i can´t see it exactly...thankss so much

[MACKattacksnipe]

lol Awesome and please the circute

[Evil_Bert]

Can you post a better pic of the circuit?  This will be my first and I'm doing it to scare the deer away from my flowers.  I will be making some modifications, but I'll post here when done.

[loususi]

seriously ... this is incredible ... looks like i gotta get me the materials and start building my twist on this project ... thank you SO much

know anything about bioSensors?

[Kiteman]

Put it on the lawn - cats beware!

_{^{There's got to be something that will stop them "going" on my lawn...}}

[ReCreate]

Sprinklers anyone? XD

[PKM]

I saw a video somewhere online of a DIY device that fired a flashgun, sprayed water and possibly had some kind of noisemaker component when triggered by a motion sensor (on the kitchen counter to scare away cats).

The ssscat is a commercial solution that sprays compressed air out on detecting motion- it's a neat idea but I'm not sure about commercial compressed air- it seems to contain an unpleasant proportion of VOCs (hence schoolmates getting high huffing upside-down air dusters from the camera shop >_<).

For the ultimate solution there's always the quintessential sentry gun- I'm sure you could replace the BB gun with a water jet. I still love the end of that video seen from the sentry's point of view, it's like every motion-tracking camera in sci-fi ever.

[uncre8d1]

i'd really like to see a stripped-down version of this (no arduino) for use as an automatic water dispenser. is this possible?

[rmd6502]

The PIR I got at Halted has an analog out, I think the voltage is proportional to the measured distance. Or you could get a pair of ultrasonic detectors. Then with a bit of trigonometry you could center the spray on the motion!

[stephenniall]

Is that a Windscreen washer pump ? I have two lying around and Might use one of these .

[joemartens]

That is awesome! Just what I was looking for.

[omnibot]

I love it!!!

[cyrozap]

You should make the title more descriptive like "Squirt: A motion activated water cannon using an Arduino.