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Need some help with arduino counter project.

mustanov

Hello Guys!

I am very new to this community and I will appreciate every help that I can get.
I want to make a little project that will help me a lot in my work. I will try to explain the system that I need as much as possible.

The main task is that I have 5 sensors installed successively , that will count every object that passes in front of them and at the end I can monitor/read the quantities that are passed in front of every sensor and also calculate the difference between exact quantities
I want to monitor the differences like below:

S1-S2 %
S2-S3 %

S4-S3 %
S5-S4 %

I didn't decide how to read the values - from connection to PC or from some Display. I'm opened for suggestions.


I'm currently looking for similar projects so I can start from somewhere. I will be very grateful for hardware and coding support and suggestions from you.

Best Regards!

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  • Hello

     

    I work on common platforms (Arduino, Teensy, Raspberry Pi), with the information given I can give you few simple ideas around those platforms, but is always good to provide more details:

     

    Sensors

    You can do your sensing with IR sensors, hall-effect or even Ultrasonic range-finders, all boils down to what kind of objects are needed to be sensed passing-by and how.

     

    Platforms

    • Arduino is probably the easiest and cheapest one. To visualize the data, the simplest approach probably is to use the Serial output, there are other options like using LCD or OLED screens but these may require some coding. Or you can use processing if you need to get the data on the PC and present it in a fancier way.
    • Teensy may work too, it works similar to Arduino but can provide more power IO if required for a little more price.
    • Raspberry Pi: this is like an all-in-one alternative if you add a screen to the Pi, or use a PC and connect to the Pi using a Terminal. The downside here is, if you are planning to use analog sensors, you may need extra hardware as the RPi has no Analog inputs.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Luis

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  • Hello

     

    I work on common platforms (Arduino, Teensy, Raspberry Pi), with the information given I can give you few simple ideas around those platforms, but is always good to provide more details:

     

    Sensors

    You can do your sensing with IR sensors, hall-effect or even Ultrasonic range-finders, all boils down to what kind of objects are needed to be sensed passing-by and how.

     

    Platforms

    • Arduino is probably the easiest and cheapest one. To visualize the data, the simplest approach probably is to use the Serial output, there are other options like using LCD or OLED screens but these may require some coding. Or you can use processing if you need to get the data on the PC and present it in a fancier way.
    • Teensy may work too, it works similar to Arduino but can provide more power IO if required for a little more price.
    • Raspberry Pi: this is like an all-in-one alternative if you add a screen to the Pi, or use a PC and connect to the Pi using a Terminal. The downside here is, if you are planning to use analog sensors, you may need extra hardware as the RPi has no Analog inputs.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Luis

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