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Hi
Im New to Arduino and i have a Project im interested in.

My goal is to create a Linux Tablet to use it as a smarthphone.
I want to use a Windows Surface go 2 with Fedora or Ubuntu.
Everything seams to work but i have one issue and thats were the arduino coul help me.

The tablet doesnt have a haptic feedback system like vibration when on mute.
But i would need that if i intend to use the Tablet as a Phone.

My idear. Use arduino to run a Vibration Notification device like the one used in Smarthphone's that start vibrating when i get a notification and the device is on mute.
I thought f running it with cabel, because bluettoth and Waldn needs a lot of power.

Is something like that even possible?

I dont know were to start. Found some other Porjects but most of them are for Doorbells or similar stuff.

Were do i need to start?

Thanks for the help

Best regards

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Hmmm very ambitious project …, the vibrators in phones are small motors with an eccentric mass on the shaft - so it vibrates when it runs . You could make that .. or take one from an old phone

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They sell these parts, and they are quit cheap.
What do you think of the programming part. Will it be difficult?

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It will be as difficult as you want it to be :wink:

The basics are simple: your code has to turn the motor on and off. But where do you want to run that code? How does the code know when to start and stop the motor?

These are questions which you have to answer.

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Sry, maybe thats a stupid reply but i thought i run the code on my laptop. I imagine that would be easier. My PC/Tablet recognise when there is a "notification" and sends the code to the arduino. That triggers the effekt and the motor starts vibrating.

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What code would that be ?

The easy part is passing a message to the Arduino and getting it to trigger a haptic alert

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No available GPIO pins on your tablet to connect the motor?

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That is the trick. :grin:

And you don't need an Arduino once you have the code figured out. :roll_eyes:

A USB adapter module - either serial or parallel but serial are simpler - has handshake lines that can be used to control devices - you always need a logic-level FET to switch the motor.

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Thanks a lot for the feedback on my idear.

I have to admit: Im not realling getting the stuff you say here. But i will look it up and try to understand what your saying.
Maybe im stupid, but i will have to take some time.

I get back if i have something to say or questions.

Thanks for the friendly replies and best regards

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