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This is a People counter, well hope to be if working.ha. Lazer across a doorway hitting a LDR. The 4 digit 7 seg display counting up 1 each time a person breaks the beam. As of now i have a counting sketch from the Sparkfun example. It is counting up 0 to 999 and at the same time i have an LDR reading to the serial monitor and blinking the LED on pin 13. But they are not "interacting". I am trying to get the beam breakes from the LDR to advance the count by 1 every time it is broken. In the loop function is the mills that was advancing the counting. I have changed it to displayNumber(counter). Among other things.But i haven't been successful in having the LDR advance the count. The sketch is still missing some "stuff". What could i change to have the counter advance by 1 every time the lazer beam is broken? Thanks W /* 6-13-2011 Spark Fun Electronics 2011 Nathan Seidle This code is public domain but you buy me a beer if you use this and we meet someday (Beerware license). 4 digit 7 segment display: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9483 Datasheet: http://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Components/LED/7-Segment/YSD-439AR6B-35.pdf This is an example of how to drive a 7 segment LED display from an ATmega without the use of current limiting resistors. This technique is very common but requires some knowledge of electronics - you do run the risk of dumping too much current through the segments and burning out parts of the display. If you use the stock code you should be ok, but be careful editing the brightness values. This code should work with all colors (red, blue, yellow, green) but the brightness will vary from one color to the next because the forward voltage drop of each color is different. This code was written and calibrated for the red color. This code will work with most Arduinos but you may want to re-route some of the pins. 7 segments 4 digits 1 colon = 12 pins required for full control */ #define ldrPin A2 // pin used for input (analog) int digit1 = 11; //PWM Display pin 1 int digit2 = 10; //PWM Display pin 2 int digit3 = 9; //PWM Display pin 6 int digit4 = 6; //PWM Display pin 8 //Pin mapping from Arduino to the ATmega DIP28 if you need it //http://www.arduino.cc/en/Hacking/PinMapping //int ldrPin = A2; int segA = A1; //Display pin 14 int segB = 3; //Display pin 16 int segC = 4; //Display pin 13 int segD = 5; //Display pin 3 int segE = A0; //Display pin 5 int segF = 7; //Display pin 11 int segG = 8; //Display pin 15 int ldr_pinValue; int counter; int currState; int then; //int ldrpread; //int digit[4]; //int leftover; int LDR = A2; //analog pin to which LDR is connected, here we set it to 0 so it means A0 int LDRValue = 0; //that’s a variable to store LDR values int light_sensitivity = 500; //This is the approx value of light surrounding your LDR //int digit_to_show = 0; int ldr_Pin = 0; // LED status (0 = low, 1 = high) int inVal = 0; // variable used to store state of input int switchOn = 725; // value at which we switch LED on int switchOff = 550; // value at which we switch LED off void setup() { { Serial.begin(9600); //start the serial monitor with 9600 buad pinMode(13, OUTPUT); //we mostly use13 because there is already a built in yellow LED in arduino which shows output when 13 pin is enabled } pinMode(ldr_Pin, INPUT ); pinMode(segA, OUTPUT); pinMode(segB, OUTPUT); pinMode(segC, OUTPUT); pinMode(segD, OUTPUT); pinMode(segE, OUTPUT); pinMode(segF, OUTPUT); pinMode(segG, OUTPUT); pinMode(digit1, OUTPUT); pinMode(digit2, OUTPUT); pinMode(digit3, OUTPUT); pinMode(digit4, OUTPUT); pinMode(13, OUTPUT); } void loop(){ { LDRValue = analogRead(LDR); //reads the ldr’s value through LDR which we have set to Analog input 0 “A0″ Serial.println(LDRValue); //prints the LDR values to serial monitor delay(5); //This is the speed by which LDR sends value to arduino if (LDRValue < light_sensitivity) { digitalWrite(13, HIGH); } else { digitalWrite(13, LOW); { if (currState() > 300) then currState = HIGH } else currState = LOW //endif if currState != prevState and currState == LOW then // LOW or HIGH depending on the circuit counter++ prevState = currState endif //long startTime = millis(); displayNumber(counter); //while( (millis() - startTime) < 2000) { //displayNumber(1217); //} //delay(1000); } //Given a number, we display 10:22 //After running through the 4 numbers, the display is left turned off //Display brightness //Each digit is on for a certain amount of microseconds //Then it is off until we have reached a total of 20ms for the function call //Let's assume each digit is on for 1000us //Each digit is on for 1ms, there are 4 digits, so the display is off for 16ms. //That's a ratio of 1ms to 16ms or 6.25% on time (PWM). //Let's define a variable called brightness that varies from: //5000 blindingly bright (15.7mA current draw per digit) //2000 shockingly bright (11.4mA current draw per digit) //1000 pretty bright (5.9mA) //500 normal (3mA) //200 dim but readable (1.4mA) //50 dim but readable (0.56mA) //5 dim but readable (0.31mA) //1 dim but readable in dark (0.28mA) void displayNumber(int toDisplay) { #define DISPLAY_BRIGHTNESS 500 #define DIGIT_ON HIGH #define DIGIT_OFF LOW long beginTime = millis(); for(int digit = 4 ; digit > 0 ; digit--) { //Turn on a digit for a short amount of time switch(digit) { case 1: digitalWrite(digit1, DIGIT_ON); break; case 2: digitalWrite(digit2, DIGIT_ON); break; case 3: digitalWrite(digit3, DIGIT_ON); break; case 4: digitalWrite(digit4, DIGIT_ON); break; } //Turn on the right segments for this digit lightNumber(toDisplay % 10); toDisplay /= 10; delayMicroseconds(DISPLAY_BRIGHTNESS); //Display digit for fraction of a second (1us to 5000us, 500 is pretty good) //Turn off all segments lightNumber(10); //Turn off all digits digitalWrite(digit1, DIGIT_OFF); digitalWrite(digit2, DIGIT_OFF); digitalWrite(digit3, DIGIT_OFF); digitalWrite(digit4, DIGIT_OFF); } while( (millis() - beginTime) < 10) ; //Wait for 20ms to pass before we paint the display again } //Given a number, turns on those segments //If number == 10, then turn off number void lightNumber(int numberToDisplay) { #define SEGMENT_ON LOW #define SEGMENT_OFF HIGH switch (numberToDisplay){ case 0: digitalWrite(segA, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segB, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segC, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segD, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segE, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segF, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segG, SEGMENT_OFF); break; case 1: digitalWrite(segA, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segB, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segC, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segD, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segE, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segF, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segG, SEGMENT_OFF); break; case 2: digitalWrite(segA, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segB, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segC, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segD, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segE, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segF, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segG, SEGMENT_ON); break; case 3: digitalWrite(segA, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segB, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segC, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segD, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segE, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segF, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segG, SEGMENT_ON); break; case 4: digitalWrite(segA, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segB, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segC, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segD, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segE, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segF, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segG, SEGMENT_ON); break; case 5: digitalWrite(segA, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segB, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segC, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segD, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segE, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segF, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segG, SEGMENT_ON); break; case 6: digitalWrite(segA, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segB, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segC, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segD, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segE, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segF, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segG, SEGMENT_ON); break; case 7: digitalWrite(segA, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segB, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segC, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segD, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segE, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segF, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segG, SEGMENT_OFF); break; case 8: digitalWrite(segA, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segB, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segC, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segD, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segE, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segF, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segG, SEGMENT_ON); break; case 9: digitalWrite(segA, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segB, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segC, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segD, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segE, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segF, SEGMENT_ON); digitalWrite(segG, SEGMENT_ON); break; case 10: digitalWrite(segA, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segB, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segC, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segD, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segE, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segF, SEGMENT_OFF); digitalWrite(segG, SEGMENT_OFF); break; } }
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