Green Bean at Arduino, new and confused. LED+Distance

[focusadam]

Hey there everyone,

I am new to Arduino and am attempting to setup a board to trigger LED lights when someone is within a meter of the project.

Ultimate idea is one of those automatic sand and metal ball meditation bowls but with an LED twist.

To start with however I need to figure out how to trigger the LEDS only on proximity and right now its just constantly going and doesn't trigger when I try to move it from a VIN to digital power.

I'll include the code in the next box

[focusadam]

#include <FastLED.h>

FASTLED_USING_NAMESPACE

// FastLED "100-lines-of-code" demo reel, showing just a few
// of the kinds of animation patterns you can quickly and easily
// compose using FastLED.
//
// This example also shows one easy way to define multiple
// animations patterns and have them automatically rotate.
//
// -Mark Kriegsman, December 2014

#if defined(FASTLED_VERSION) && (FASTLED_VERSION < 3001000)
#warning "Requires FastLED 3.1 or later; check github for latest code."
#endif

#define DATA_PIN 13
//#define CLK_PIN 4
#define LED_TYPE WS2811
#define COLOR_ORDER GRB
#define NUM_LEDS 30
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];

#define BRIGHTNESS 96
#define FRAMES_PER_SECOND 120

const int trig = 9;
const int echo = 10;

int duration = 0;
int distance = 0;

void setup() {

pinMode(trig , OUTPUT);
pinMode(echo , INPUT);

Serial.begin(9600);

delay(3000); // 3 second delay for recovery

// tell FastLED about the LED strip configuration
FastLED.addLeds<LED_TYPE,DATA_PIN,COLOR_ORDER>(leds, NUM_LEDS).setCorrection(TypicalLEDStrip);
//FastLED.addLeds<LED_TYPE,DATA_PIN,CLK_PIN,COLOR_ORDER>(leds, NUM_LEDS).setCorrection(TypicalLEDStrip);

// set master brightness control
FastLED.setBrightness(BRIGHTNESS);

}

// List of patterns to cycle through. Each is defined as a separate function below.
typedef void (*SimplePatternList[])();
SimplePatternList gPatterns = { rainbow };

uint8_t gCurrentPatternNumber = 0; // Index number of which pattern is current
uint8_t gHue = 0; // rotating "base color" used by many of the patterns

void loop()
{
digitalWrite(trig , HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(1000);
digitalWrite(trig , LOW);

duration = pulseIn(echo , HIGH);
distance = (duration/2) / 29.1 ;
Serial.println(distance);

if ( distance <= 10 )
{
digitalWrite(12, HIGH);
}
else
{
digitalWrite(11, LOW);
}

// Call the current pattern function once, updating the 'leds' array
gPatternsgCurrentPatternNumber;

// send the 'leds' array out to the actual LED strip
FastLED.show();
// insert a delay to keep the framerate modest
FastLED.delay(100/FRAMES_PER_SECOND);

// do some periodic updates
EVERY_N_MILLISECONDS( 2000 ) { gHue++; } // slowly cycle the "base color" through the rainbow

}

#define ARRAY_SIZE(A) (sizeof(A) / sizeof((A)[0]))

void rainbow()
{
// FastLED's built-in rainbow generator
fill_rainbow( leds, NUM_LEDS, gHue, 7);
}

[gilshultz]

Post a schematic, not a frizzy thing would help. Also what type of sensor are you planning on using to trigger the LEDs. There are Ir, RADAR, SONAE, and many others that may work.

[sterretje]

@focusadam, your topic has been moved to a more suitable location on the forum. Installation and Troubleshooting is not for problems with your project See About the Installation & Troubleshooting category.

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[johnwasser]

@focusadam

digitalWrite(trig , HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(1000);
digitalWrite(trig , LOW);

The pulse should be 10 microseconds, not 1000.