Aitor Gamarra
Published © GPL3+

The Troll Switch

Turn Off the light, and it will turn ON: endless fun!

BeginnerFull instructions provided1 hour3,612

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
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Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
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Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
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9V battery (generic)
9V battery (generic)
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9V Battery Clip
9V Battery Clip
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Servos (Tower Pro MG996R)
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Photo resistor
Photo resistor
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Resistor 10k ohm
Resistor 10k ohm
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USB-A to B Cable
USB-A to B Cable
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Software apps and online services

circuito.io
circuito.io
Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

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Schematics

The Troll Switch Circuit Diagram

The same as above, made with circuito.io

Code

The Troll Switch

Arduino
Here's the program for the joke. Upload it to the mounted Arduino and ready to go!
#include <Servo.h> // We need this library to operate the Servo

int LDR = A3; // We connect the LDR to the A3 pin
int light = 0; // A variable to avoid infinite moving loop
long randomTime; // We will store the time here later

Servo myservo; // We will call our servo "myservo"



void setup() {

  pinMode(LDR, INPUT); // The LDR will act as an INPUT

  myservo.attach(2); // We will connect the Servo to digital pin 2

  Serial.begin(9600); // To start the Serial communication, useful for debugging

  myservo.write(20); // At first, we need the servo at this position

}



void loop() {

  if (analogRead(LDR) < 100 && light == 0) { // If the light value is less tahn 100 (and the light variable is set to 0)

    randomTime = (random (0, 5) * 1000); // The time will be a random number between 0 and 5, multiplied by 1000 to make it into seconds
    Serial.println(randomTime); // This will print the time (for debugging)

    delay(randomTime); // The Arduino will wait that random time

    myservo.write(80); // And then move the Servo to de 80 position
    delay(200); // Wait for 0,2 seconds

    myservo.write(20); // And move the Servo to the initial position (20)

    light = 1; // This will set the "light" variable to 1
  }

  if (analogRead(LDR) > 99) { // If the light value is higher that 99 (A.K.A the light is on)...

    light = 0; // The "light" variable will be set to 0

  }

  Serial.println(analogRead(LDR)); // The light value will be printed
  delay(500); // Wait for half a second
}

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Aitor Gamarra

Aitor Gamarra

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