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Arduino Paper Controller (Buttons + Slider)

This project allows you to draw your own controller to be used with anything. It utilizes capacitive sensing and graphite's conductivity.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
×1
Alligator Clips
Alligator Clips
×1
Solderless Breadboard Half Size
Solderless Breadboard Half Size
×1
Male/Male Jumper Wires
×1
Resistor 10M Ohm
×3
Resistor 330 ohm
Resistor 330 ohm
×2

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Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

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Schematics

Schematic

Code

Code

Arduino
#include <Servo.h>
#include <CapacitiveSensor.h>

Servo myservo;

CapacitiveSensor   button1 = CapacitiveSensor(4, 2);
CapacitiveSensor   button2 = CapacitiveSensor(4, 3);
CapacitiveSensor   slider = CapacitiveSensor(4, 5);

int total1val = 1000;//you'll need to edit these
int total2val = 1000;
int total3val1 = 100;
int total3val2 = 1000;


void setup() {
  //button1.set_CS_AutocaL_Millis(0xFFFFFFFF);
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(10, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
  myservo.attach(6);
}

void loop() {
  long start = millis();
  long total1 =  button1.capacitiveSensor(1000);
  long total2 =  button2.capacitiveSensor(1000);
  long total = 0;
  long total3 = 0;

  for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {//averages the value for the slide to make the servo smoother
    total3 =  slider.capacitiveSensor(10000);
    total = total + total3;
    delay(1);
  }

  long avg = total / 10;
  int angle;

  Serial.print(millis() - start);
  Serial.print("\t");

  Serial.print(avg);
  Serial.print("\t");
  Serial.print(total2);
  Serial.print("\t");
  Serial.println(total3);

  if (total1 > total1val) {
    digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
  }
  else {
    digitalWrite(13, LOW);
  }

  if (total2 > total2val) {
    digitalWrite(10, HIGH);
  }
  else {
    digitalWrite(10, LOW);
  }

  angle = map(avg, total3val1, total3val2, 180, 0);
  myservo.write(angle);

  delay(10);
}

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