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Arduino Forum I need help detecting an objects proximity, and lighting up led's with an arduino uno.
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I need help detecting an objects proximity, and lighting up led's with an arduino uno.

givingtnt
givingtnt over 8 years ago

so here's what I want to do. I have a led strip (or more than one idk) and I want to detect an object. as it comes closer, the leds light up in sequence. (kinda like those audio display things)  gradually lighting up untill the whole strip is lit up.

 

what kind of sensor should I use ?

and led s ?and how do I make them light up one at a time ? (say this is the strip : 0-0-0-0-0, I want them to light up like : 1-0-0-0-0, 1-1-0-0-0, 1-1-1-0-0, 1-1-1-1-0, 1-1-1-1-1 as the object gets closer)

 

 

 

Im very new to this stuff. thanks !

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  • dougw
    dougw over 8 years ago +2
    This isn't an arduino solution, but you can use an LM3914 chip - it will drive more LEDs (up to 10) as the input voltage increases, just like the bar graph you sited. You can find a Sharp distance sensor…
  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 8 years ago in reply to givingtnt +1
    You can use the IR sensor that was used in the book to read a distance. Then you can have the Arduino turn on an appropriate number of LEDs to correspond to the output of the IR Sensor. If I remember correctly…
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    dougw over 8 years ago

    This isn't an arduino solution, but you can use an LM3914 chip - it will drive more LEDs (up to 10) as the input voltage increases, just like the bar graph you sited. You can find a Sharp distance sensor like a GP2Y0A51SK0F to output a voltage proportional to distance - to provide the signal to the LED chip.

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    dougw over 8 years ago

    This isn't an arduino solution, but you can use an LM3914 chip - it will drive more LEDs (up to 10) as the input voltage increases, just like the bar graph you sited. You can find a Sharp distance sensor like a GP2Y0A51SK0F to output a voltage proportional to distance - to provide the signal to the LED chip.

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