I would like it to work out how many times the sensor is activated a second and convert it to a counter to show an average of how many times it happens a second
This is the code right now:
int led = 13;//LED pin
int sensor = 3; //sensor pin
int val; //numeric variable
int pass = 0;
int num = 0;
double time = 0;
void setup()
{
pinMode(led, OUTPUT); //set LED pin as output
pinMode(sensor, INPUT); //set sensor pin as input
Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop()
{
val = digitalRead(sensor); //Read the sensor
if(val == LOW) //when magnetic field is detected, turn led on
{
if(num == 0)
{
++pass;
++num;
Serial.println(pass);
}
}
else
{
time = time - time;
if(num == 1)
{
--num;
}
}
}
time = time - time;
You do realize this is always the same as
time = 0;
right?
is the sensor activated when the 'val' is low?
I think i know what you are trying to do, but without extra info its hard to tell, so i have guessed.
int led = 13;//LED pin
int sensor = 3; //sensor pin
int val; //numeric variable
int pass = 0;
int num = 0;
double time = 0;
void setup()
{
pinMode(led, OUTPUT); //set LED pin as output
pinMode(sensor, INPUT); //set sensor pin as input
Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop()
{
val = digitalRead(sensor); //Read the sensor
if (val == LOW) { // When magnetic field is detected, turn led on
digitalWrite(led, HIGH); // Turns led on when val is low
num = num + 1; // Adds 1 to num everytime the program loops when val is LOW
}
else {
digitalWrite(led, LOW); // Turns led off if val is HIGH
num = 0; // resets num back to 0
}
Serial.println(num); // prints num to serial monitor, move this inside your if statement if you only want it to print while val is LOW
}
You should increment the count not when the sensor is LOW but only when the sensor has changed from HIGH to LOW. To get an average per second you also need to keep track of how many seconds the program has been running.
So there are two counters, one increments when the sensor changes state to LOW, the other increments when a second has passed. Something like the following.
int led = 13;//LED pin
int sensor = 3; //sensor pin
int val; //numeric variable
int pass = 0;
int num = 0;
double time = 0;
int oldVal = HIGH;
unsigned long startTime;
unsigned int seconds = 0;
void setup()
{
pinMode(led, OUTPUT); //set LED pin as output
pinMode(sensor, INPUT); //set sensor pin as input
Serial.begin(9600);
startTime = millis(); // mark time
}
void loop()
{
val = digitalRead(sensor); //Read the sensor
if ( (val == LOW) && (oldVal == HIGH) ) //when magnetic field is detected, turn led on
{
++num;
Serial.println(num);
}
digitalWrite(led, !val); // LED on if val is low
oldVal = val; // remember last read value
// if a second has passed
if ( millis() - startTime >= 1000 )
{
// increment seconds
seconds++;
// show average
Serial.print("Avg: "); Serial.println((float)num / seconds);
// reset start time
startTime = millis();
}
}
This will not be 100% accurate because you won't be hitting the second if statement at exactly one second intervals, but maybe it will be close enough?