Hi Everyone,
Seeking some assistance and help.
I am working on a project where i have a 3 axis accelerometer fitted on a RC car. The purpose is to demonstrate when the car impacts an objects, a LED is activated. I am using an Arduino Uno and MMA8451 accelerometer for this project.
I am looking to adapt my code to set g-force limits (example 0.4g) to temporarily activate a orange LED's for 5 seconds when the car impacts an object,then go off. If this Orange LED is activated three times a second (Red) LED is permanently activated and stays ON until the program or button is reset.
The current code I am using operates differently, Red LED comes on at the 2nd impact instead of the 4th impact. (see below)
1st impact - Orange LED ON for 5 seconds then go's OFF.
2nd impact - Orange LED ON for 10 seconds then go's OFF, After 5 seconds of this the Red LED comes ON and stays ON.
3rd impact - Orange LED ON for 5 seconds then go's OFF.
4th impact - Orange LED ON for 5 seconds then go's OFF
Can anybody help with adapting the below code so the LED will come ON when g-force limit is reached ?
#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_MMA8451.h>
#include <Adafruit_Sensor.h>
//#define TEST_RESULTANT 1 //comment out to exclude resultant vector from g check
#define MAX_G 3.0 //g limit over which an "event" is logged (org LED etc) (individual axes)
#define MAX_G_RESULTANT 3.0 //g limit over which an "event" is logged (org LED etc) (resultant vector only)
#define ORG_LED_ONTIME 5000ul //mS orange LED flash time when G limit exceeded
#define EVENTS_LIMIT 3.0 //# of times G limit can be exceeded before RED LED comes on
#define ERROR_BLINK 300ul //mS blink time for error condition
//
#define SAMPLE_RATE 5000 //uS (microseconds) per sample
#define LOGGING_RATE 100 //mS between logging file writes
const int pinORANGE = 13; //pin driving orange LED. Logic assumes HIGH turns LED on
const int pinRED = 12; //pin driving red LED. Logic assumes HIGH turns LED on
Adafruit_MMA8451 mma = Adafruit_MMA8451();
char
szStr[50];
//accumulators for x, y and z axes averaging
//samples are taken once per millisecond
//average is written to SD card at 100mS intervals
float
xg_f,
yg_f,
zg_f,
xg_sum,
yg_sum,
zg_sum;
unsigned long
sample_count;
bool
bGLimitExceeded;
void setup()
{
// Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode( pinORANGE, OUTPUT );
digitalWrite( pinORANGE, LOW ); //LED off.
pinMode( pinRED, OUTPUT );
digitalWrite( pinRED, LOW ); //LED off.
Serial.println("Adafruit MMA8451 OK");
if (!mma.begin())
{
Serial.println("###Failed to start MMA8451.");
ErrorLED();
}//if
else
Serial.println("MMA8451 found!");
mma.setRange(MMA8451_RANGE_4_G); //need +/-4g for checking >3g...
Serial.print(" Range = "); Serial.print(2 << mma.getRange());
Serial.println("G");
bGLimitExceeded = false;
xg_sum = 0.0;
yg_sum = 0.0;
zg_sum = 0.0;
sample_count = 0;
}//setup
//if an error occurs during init, LEDs alternate blinking rapidly
void ErrorLED( void )
{
bool
bLEDState = false;
unsigned long
timeBlink = 0;
unsigned long
timeNow;
while( true )
{
timeNow = millis();
//time for a blink?
if( timeNow - timeBlink >= ERROR_BLINK )
{
//yes, save time
timeBlink = timeNow;
//toggle flag indicating LED state
bLEDState ^= true;
//update orange and red LEDs
digitalWrite( pinORANGE, (bLEDState)?HIGH:LOW );
digitalWrite( pinRED, (bLEDState)?LOW:HIGH );
}//if
}//while
}//ErrorLED
void TakeSamples()
{
float
intermediate,
resultant;
static unsigned long
timeSample = 0;
unsigned long
timeNow;
timeNow = micros();
if( (timeNow - timeSample ) < SAMPLE_RATE )
return;
timeSample = timeNow;
mma.read();
xg_f = (float)mma.x/2048.0;
yg_f = (float)mma.y/2048.0;
zg_f = (float)mma.z/2048.0;
xg_sum = xg_sum + xg_f;
yg_sum = yg_sum + yg_f;
zg_sum = zg_sum + zg_f;
sample_count = sample_count + 1;
//look for excursions over pre-set limits for LED flag
//include check of resultant vector; can comment this out
//if not desired
#ifndef TEST_RESULTANT
resultant = 0.0;
#else
resultant = sqrt( pow(xg_f,2) + pow(yg_f,2) + pow(zg_f,2) );
#endif
if( (abs(xg_f) > MAX_G ) ||
(abs(yg_f) > MAX_G ) ||
(abs(zg_f) > MAX_G ) ||
resultant > MAX_G_RESULTANT )
{
bGLimitExceeded = true;
}//if
}//TakeSamples
#define LED_IDLE 0
#define LED_TIME 1
void LED_StateMachine( void )
{
static int
nEvents = 0;
static byte
stateLED = LED_IDLE;
static unsigned long
timeLED;
unsigned long
timeNow;
switch( stateLED )
{
case LED_IDLE:
if( bGLimitExceeded )
{
bGLimitExceeded = false;
nEvents++;
if( nEvents >= EVENTS_LIMIT )
digitalWrite( pinRED, HIGH );
digitalWrite( pinORANGE, HIGH );
timeLED = millis();
stateLED = LED_TIME;
}//if
break;
case LED_TIME:
if( (millis() - timeLED) >= ORG_LED_ONTIME )
{
digitalWrite( pinORANGE, LOW );
stateLED = LED_IDLE;
}//if
break;
}//switch
}//LED_StateMachine
void Logging( void )
{
float
x, y, z;
static unsigned long
timeLogging = 0;
unsigned long
timeNow;
timeNow = millis();
if( (timeNow - timeLogging) < LOGGING_RATE )
return;
timeLogging = timeNow;
x = xg_sum / (float)sample_count;
y = yg_sum / (float)sample_count;
z = zg_sum / (float)sample_count;
xg_sum = 0.0;
yg_sum = 0.0;
zg_sum = 0.0;
sample_count = 0;
Serial.print("\tX:\t"); Serial.print(x);
Serial.print("\tY:\t"); Serial.print(y);
Serial.print("\tZ:\t"); Serial.println(z);
}//Logging
void loop()
{
//samping, logging and LED control done in their own functions
TakeSamples();
Logging();
LED_StateMachine();
}//loop
Arduino Schematic - 3.pdf (134 KB)