Hi all, new guy here.
Just starting out my arduino journey and a little stumped at where to begin. The basis for my project is a solenoid operated when a certain pulsed frequency is detected. Wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction or is willing to give me a run down of what I need and a skeletal sketch to work from.
Cheers!
when a certain pulsed frequency is detected
A little more detail on what you are trying to detect is required.
What have you attempted to detect the input. What were your results?
I cant really go into the project to much however the the function that I want the Arduino to perform would to be detect a pulsed signal through a conductive medium and as a result activate a Solenoid, the rate of the pulses is the "trigger" for the activation of the solenoid.
As I mentioned in my previous post I am complete novice so I dont know what components I would need or what my sketch frame work would be.
Kind Regards
MechanicalDisaster:
I cant really go into the project to much...
Is this a top secret project? Do you work for an unnamed government department that doesn't officially exist. Are you on a desert island with a volcano and a secret underground laboratory?
If not, then a Google search for "arduino detect pulse" should get you started without giving too much away to anyone eavesdropping on your web browser traffic.
detect a pulsed signal through a conductive medium
To get any meaningful help from this forum you need to be alot more specific. Is the "medium" air, water, oil, mud, pudding, steel plate? Is the signal electrical or accoustic? How strong is the signal? What frequency are the pulses arriving?
It appears to me that you are in search of an appropriate sensor for your medium and signal. Code will follow from the sensor.
I would recommend that you define your requirements as precisely as you can in reference to "medium" and "pulse" and post a new question in the Sensors section of this forum.