Published June 3, 2019 © GPL3+

Ariadne's Thread

Ariadne's Thread is a project born to fulfill the wish to automate an old game.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO

SG90 Micro-servo motor

Jumper wires (generic)

Analog joystick (Generic)

USB-A to B Cable

Samsung 5V 1A Power Supply

You can use any type, just be sure it is 5V

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Story

1 / 3 • The box we used to hold the two servos in place

Ariadne's Thread is a project born to fullfill the wish toautomate an old game which consists in moving a ball through alabyrinth by moving two decks with two knobs.

In order to do that we have decided to replace the knobs with two servos and to control them with a joystick. To prevent any damage to eachs servo caused by an excessive stress, we have decided to set the limitto a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 120 degrees. We have also set two different angles (60-120 and 75-105) for each servo to maintain auniform movement of the decks.

Code

servo.ino

#include <Servo.h>

Servo piana;
Servo padella;
int pot1 = A0;
int pot2 = A1;
int val1 = 0;
int val2 = 0;

void setup() {
  piana.attach(9);
  padella.attach(10);
  pinMode (pot1, INPUT);
  pinMode (pot2, INPUT);
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  val1 = analogRead(pot1);
  if (val1 <= 513) {
    val1 = map(val1, 0, 1023, 70, 110);
  }
  else {
    val1 = map(val1, 0, 1023, 60, 120);
  }
  piana.write(val1);
  val2 = analogRead(pot2);
  val2 = map(val2, 0, 1023, 75, 105);
  padella.write(val2);
  delay(15);

}

Credits

Claudio_Canavese

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Ariadne's Thread

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Code

servo.ino

Credits

Claudio_Canavese

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Schematics

Electrical Connections

Code

servo.ino

Credits

Claudio_Canavese

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