HOLDER AND HEATER DRIVER DESIGN FOR WILD PLANTS CLEANING SYSTEM IN PAVING BLOCK

• Main Author: Tafarrel, Alvin
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/50517
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Paving Block is a material that is often used in public areas. This material is usually used to build sidewalks, terraces, driveways and so on. Paving blocks are often used because of their decorative aesthetic function, ease of installation, and are easy to repair by removing and replacing them according to the desired area. The position of its use, which is usually used in the open, makes it easier to grow wild plants in between or in the gaps in the paving block, it is difficult to clean or can even damage the paving block itself. Therefore, we need a weed cleaning system on paving blocks that can be used to inhibit the growth of these weeds or prevent damage to the paving blocks before they occur. The subject matter of this book is the design of the cleaning system and the program for operating it. In designing this system, various tools are used, a laser as the heating component of the system, a CNC machine to drive the heating component, and the Arduino as a microcontroller to regulate CNC movement and laser activation. The results of this system test show that the program and circuit created can receive input from the user to move the CNC and activate the heating and laser components used to burn wild plants.