(I am new to Arduino and coding)
I have been trying to use the Adafruit MPR121 to allow for me to have multiple sensors following this tutorial: Arduino | Adafruit MPR121 12-Key Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout Tutorial | Adafruit Learning System
It works when I touch the sensors on the MPR121 but once I plug a jump wire into the same strip on the breadboard where 1 sensor connection is, only one works? It seems like I can only have one jump wire plugged in but I really need to be able to use all 12. I hope I am making sense because I am unsure how to explain this when I am completely new to all of this!
I am not sure if there is a more simpler way to write code for what I am trying to do?
This is the code I am using in from the example provided within Arduino:
#include <Wire.h>
#include "Adafruit_MPR121.h"
#ifndef _BV
#define _BV(bit) (1 << (bit))
#endif
// You can have up to 4 on one i2c bus but one is enough for testing!
Adafruit_MPR121 cap = Adafruit_MPR121();
// Keeps track of the last pins touched
// so we know when buttons are 'released'
uint16_t lasttouched = 0;
uint16_t currtouched = 0;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) { // needed to keep leonardo/micro from starting too fast!
delay(10);
}
Serial.println("Adafruit MPR121 Capacitive Touch sensor test");
// Default address is 0x5A, if tied to 3.3V its 0x5B
// If tied to SDA its 0x5C and if SCL then 0x5D
if (!cap.begin(0x5A)) {
Serial.println("MPR121 not found, check wiring?");
while (1);
}
Serial.println("MPR121 found!");
}
void loop() {
// Get the currently touched pads
currtouched = cap.touched();
for (uint8_t i=0; i<12; i++) {
// it if *is* touched and *wasnt* touched before, alert!
if ((currtouched & _BV(i)) && (lasttouched & _BV(i)) ) {
Serial.print(i); Serial.println(" touched");
}
// if it *was* touched and now *isnt*, alert!
if (!(currtouched & _BV(i)) && (lasttouched & _BV(i)) ) {
Serial.print(i); Serial.println(" released");
}
}
// reset our state
lasttouched = currtouched;
// comment out this line for detailed data from the sensor!
return;
// debugging info, what
Serial.print("\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 0x"); Serial.println(cap.touched(), HEX);
Serial.print("Filt: ");
for (uint8_t i=0; i<12; i++) {
Serial.print(cap.filteredData(i)); Serial.print("\t");
}
Serial.println();
Serial.print("Base: ");
for (uint8_t i=0; i<12; i++) {
Serial.print(cap.baselineData(i)); Serial.print("\t");
}
Serial.println();
// put a delay so it isn't overwhelming
delay(100);
}
