Ahmed Oyenuga
Published © GPL3+

Ahmsville Dial

This is an Arduino-based dial controller, inspired by Microsoft’s surface dial. (A secondary controller for you PC.)

IntermediateFull instructions provided2 hours3,085

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino pro micro (ss micro)
×1
Ahmsville dial kit
×1
Individually addressable led
×1
6906 Bearing
×1
3x1 neodymium magnets (30 pcs)
×1
8mm rubber base pads
×1
usb cable (thickness <3.5mm)
(salvaged from an old mouse)
×1
m3 x 8 self tapping screws (6 pcs)
(Salvaged)
×1
Thin flexible wires
Salvaged
×1

Hand tools and fabrication machines

3D Printer (generic)
3D Printer (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)
Multitool, Screwdriver
Multitool, Screwdriver
Super Glue

Story

Read more

Custom parts and enclosures

base (reg vibration motor)

Board holder

Led diffuser

To be printed with transparent filament

Build Instructions

STL files

Printable stl files

Knob

base (coin vibration motor)

Schematics

Schematic

Code

Sample code

C/C++
Simple sketch for testing all the dial's features
#include <Ahmsville_dial.h>
#include <FastLED.h>

/*
    upload sketch to the dial to test all its functions.
    ....By Ahmsville...
*/


Ahmsville_dial ahmsville_dial = Ahmsville_dial(); //create a new ahmsville dial instance

/********************************************************************LED CONFIGURATION*****************************************************/
#define DATA_PIN    10
#define LED_TYPE    WS2811
#define COLOR_ORDER GRB
#define NUM_LEDS    4
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];

#define BRIGHTNESS         127

uint8_t gHue = 0; // rotating "base color"
int count = 0, touch;

void setup() {
 ahmsville_dial.initialize_ahmsvilleDial(1);   //initialize ahmsville dial
  initializeLED();
}

void loop() {
  rainbow();  // LED animation
  count += ahmsville_dial.knob();  //detecting knob rotations (returns a signed integer in relation to the direction of the rotation)
  touch = ahmsville_dial.capTouch();  //detecting capacitive touch (returns integer 1 - 4 or 0 when no touch is detected)
  Serial.print(count);  //print knob rotation count
  Serial.print("\t");
  if (touch == 1) {  //print "singletap" if touch type is 1
    Serial.println("singletap");
    delay(1000);
  }
  else if (touch == 2) { //print "doubletap" if touch type is 2
    Serial.println("doubletap");
    delay(1000);
  }
  else if (touch == 3) {  //print "shortpress" if touch type is 3
    Serial.println("shortpress");
    delay(1000);
  }
  else if (touch == 4) { //print "longpress" if touch type is 4
    Serial.println("longpress");
    delay(1000);
  }
  else if (touch == 0) { //print "no input" if touch type is 0
    Serial.println("No input");
  }
  ahmsville_dial.normalize(1);

}

/********************************************************************LED SETTINGS/ANIMATION*************************************************/

void initializeLED() {
  // tell FastLED about the LED strip configuration
  FastLED.addLeds<LED_TYPE, DATA_PIN, COLOR_ORDER>(leds, NUM_LEDS).setCorrection(TypicalLEDStrip);
  // set master brightness control
  FastLED.setBrightness(BRIGHTNESS);
}

void rainbow() {
  EVERY_N_MILLISECONDS( 20 ) {  //frames/milliseconds delay
    // FastLED's built-in rainbow generator
    fill_rainbow( leds, NUM_LEDS, gHue, 10);
    // send the 'leds' array out to the actual LED strip
    FastLED.show();
  }
  EVERY_N_MILLISECONDS( 30 ) {
    gHue++;  // slowly cycle the "base color" through the rainbow
  }
}

Magnetic rotation encoding

A library for setting up magnetic rotary encoding on the arduino.

Ahmsville Dial

The library and example code for controlling the Ahmsville dial.

Capacitive touch detection

capacitive touch control library

Arduino Capacitive sensor library.

Originally written by Paul Badger and is now maintained by Paul Stoffregen.

FastLED

FastLED library

Credits

Ahmed Oyenuga

Ahmed Oyenuga

6 projects • 22 followers
I am a Hardware Engineer, I enjoy exploring creative technology solutions, and building accessible design and engineering tools.

Comments