Design and Development of Automatic Whiteboard Cleaner for Effective Cleaning Mechanism using Arduino

Abstract: At recent years whiteboard has become a crucial element at almost every educational institute. They are large in size, for that reason it is very time consuming and tedious process to erase the writings from the board with duster manually. It breaks concentration of both lecturers and listeners. Automatic Whiteboard Cleaner can solve these problems. Automatic whiteboard cleaner will reduce the time and also the effort. This paper represents the design and construction of automatic whiteboard cleaner. The system consists of Arduino, relay, dc gear motor, supports and a cleaner bar to give that an automation figure. When the switch is on, it moves across the full width of the board and its direction is reversed automatically in order to clean the board. So, this “Automatic Whiteboard Cleaner” is a great replacement of “duster” and it can be suggested to use this to reduce the effort of the board user as well as to introduce the classroom with an automation system.

Keywords: Automation, whiteboard cleaner, Arduino, rack and pinion mechanism