Matha Goram
Published © GPL3+

Check Your Vibes

The vibration sensor is a low-cost solution for simple applications where impact (e.g. patting a toy) translates to a switch event.

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Check Your Vibes

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Elegoo Arduino UNO R3
×1
DT-MEAD Vibration Sensor
×1
Elegoo Resistor 1M ohm, 5%
×1
Breadboard, full-size
×1
Elegoo Dupont
×5
Baseplate
×1

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Custom parts and enclosures

Assembly (digital pin)

Assembly (analog pin)

Schematics

Vibration sensor digital pin test

Basic test for MEAS-DT piezo vibration sensor using digital pin

Vibration sensor analog pin test

Basic test for MEAS-DT piezo vibration sensor on analog pin

Code

MEAS-DT-01.ino

C/C++
Basic test for MEAS-DT piezo vibration sensor on digital pin
/*
 * MEAS-DT-01.ino
 * Basic test for MEAS-DT piezo vibration sensor on digital pin
 * Copyright (C) 2019 baqwas (use Gmail)
 * 
 * 2019-06-05 armw initial DRAFT
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the 
 * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or  any later version. 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
 * See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with 
 * this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 * 
 */

#define pinVIBE 2                     // digital pin for piezo vibration sensor

int vibeMarker = 100;                 // threshold for vibration status
boolean vibrating = false;            // =true if vibration detected

void ISR_vibration()                  // handle pulse change interrupt signal
{                                     // keeping the code inside the ISR as simple as practical
  vibrating = true;                   // yes!
}

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);               // initialize serial port
  /*
   * The UNO R3 board supports two interrupt numbers: 
   * INT.0 on digital pin 2
   * INT.1 on digital pin 3
   */
  attachInterrupt(                    // assign external interrupt handler
    digitalPinToInterrupt(pinVIBE),   // map digital pin to interrupt number - see above
    ISR_vibration,                    // interrupt service routine invoked upon detection
    RISING);                          // trigger when pin goes from low to high
}

void loop()
{
  if (vibrating)
  {                                   // RISING occured
    vibrating = false;                // reset flag for next interrupt
    Serial.print("Timestamp: ");      // simple example only
    Serial.print(millis());           // customize to suit your needs
    Serial.println(", triggered!");   // e.g. (for your own exercise)
                                      // if more than x interrupts in y seconds
                                      //   raise general alarm
  }
  delay(100);                         // nominal delay to catch your breath
}

MEAS-DT-02.ino

C/C++
Basic test for MEAS-DT piezo vibration sensor on analog pin
/*
 * MEAS-DT-02.ino
 * Basic test for MEAS-DT piezo vibration sensor on analog pin
 * Copyright (C) 2019 baqwas (use Gmail)
 * 
 * 2019-06-05 armw initial DRAFT
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the 
 * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or  any later version. 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
 * See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with 
 * this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 * 
 */

const int pinVIBE = A0;               // analog pin for piezo vibration sensor

int vibeMarker = 100;                 // threshold for vibration status
                                      // leaving vibeMarker as var for adaptive tuning
int vibeOutput = 0;                   // will retain current output from sensor

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);               // initialize serial port
}

void loop()
{
  vibeOutput = analogRead(pinVIBE);   // current output from vibration sensor
  Serial.println(vibeOutput);         // temporary use to understand the range
                                      // of values from the vibration sensor
  if (vibeOutput > vibeMarker)
  {                                   // sensor output has breached threshold
    Serial.println("Triggered!");     // e.g. (for your own exercise)
                                      // if more than x for y seconds
                                      //   raise general alarm
  }
  delay(100);                         // nominal delay to catch your breath
}

Credits

Matha Goram

Matha Goram

27 projects • 22 followers
Working with discrete electronic components for a very long time but still suffering from the occasional dry soldering results.

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