- January 26th, 2010, 10:09 pm#202603
Hello everyone!
As some of you may know, I have been working on a PKE Meter. I obtained a shell in a trade and I have been working on it in my free time.
As you can see, not much going on inside of it right now.
Well, after surveying what our community currently has in terms of electronics for the PKE meter, I decided to design my own, using an Arduino. I decided to go this route because of how the Arduino can greatly simplify things such as the servos. I really wanted to have the same functionality as the original prop. That means the speed of the lights will be controlled by a thumb knob on the under side of the meter, have 2 different display settings, and have the height of the wings controlled by resistive touch switches.
There is also not a lot of room within the PKE meter so I decided to use a 5v Arduino Pro Mini 328 board, from Sparkfun.
As of now, I have the LEDs set up for the 2 different screen displays, with their speed controlled by a potentiometer. You switch between each set of LEDs via a switch that will be on the face plate of the PKE meter, eventually.
Here's my first video of how this is coming along:
Sorry it is not flashier, but since I am just prototyping right now, each set of LEDs are just in a straight line.
I just ordered the rest of the parts I need for this project, so I will continue to update this thread with more videos. Eventually, the goal is to develop a DIY so others can replicate this.
So, enjoy for now. . . there shall be more in the weeks to come!
As some of you may know, I have been working on a PKE Meter. I obtained a shell in a trade and I have been working on it in my free time.
As you can see, not much going on inside of it right now.
Well, after surveying what our community currently has in terms of electronics for the PKE meter, I decided to design my own, using an Arduino. I decided to go this route because of how the Arduino can greatly simplify things such as the servos. I really wanted to have the same functionality as the original prop. That means the speed of the lights will be controlled by a thumb knob on the under side of the meter, have 2 different display settings, and have the height of the wings controlled by resistive touch switches.
There is also not a lot of room within the PKE meter so I decided to use a 5v Arduino Pro Mini 328 board, from Sparkfun.
As of now, I have the LEDs set up for the 2 different screen displays, with their speed controlled by a potentiometer. You switch between each set of LEDs via a switch that will be on the face plate of the PKE meter, eventually.
Here's my first video of how this is coming along:
Sorry it is not flashier, but since I am just prototyping right now, each set of LEDs are just in a straight line.
I just ordered the rest of the parts I need for this project, so I will continue to update this thread with more videos. Eventually, the goal is to develop a DIY so others can replicate this.
So, enjoy for now. . . there shall be more in the weeks to come!
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