This project refers to an Arduino sketch that implements a light indicator with the help of an external sensor (photoresistor) for the recognition of light, and a bar graph of many LEDs used as a rating indicator. Furthermore, if the indicator reaches the last rating which indicates that there is “perfect” light (the maximum light that the sensor can identify) then it plays a melody with a piezo speaker located in the system.
Tag Archive: bargraph
Arduino: Light Indicator with multi-LED bar graph and light sensor.
October 25, 2012
Arduino: Digital Indicator of Alcohol Content.
August 29, 2010
This project refers to an Arduino sketch that implements the logic of a digital indicator of alcohol content. This system can be used as a device for breath test. There is the MQ-3 sensor in the system to detect alcohol. A suitable multi-LED bar graph (which is driven by a 8-bit shift register 74HC595) is used as an indicator rating the alcohol content. If the alcohol content is high, then a tune is produced through a suitable piezo speaker. Finally, there are two buttons in the system for functions such as ON, OFF and a LED which is the operation indicator.
Arduino: Light Indicator with multi-LED bar graph, light sensor and 8-bit shift register 74HC595.
June 29, 2010
This project refers to an Arduino sketch that implements a light indicator with the help of an external sensor (photoresistor) for the recognition of light (the sensor acts as input device for the Arduino), and a bar graph of many LEDs used as a rating indicator (the indicator functions as an output device for the Arduino).
In this project we use an 8-bit shift register (namely the 74HC595). This way we can drive 8 different LEDs in the output committing only three PINS of the Arduino.
This project refers to an Arduino sketch which with the help of an external potentiometer (input device) can control a bar graph of many LEDs. Finally, when the sketch starts running, it calibrates the potentiometer (and so there should be a spin at both ends manually).
Efstathios Chatzikyriakidis 