Arduino Gesture Controlled LED Brightness

In this tutorial we will learn how to control the LED brightness using the gesture sensor and arduino.

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Step 1: What You Will Need

 

  • Gesture Color Proximity APDS9960 I2C sensor
  • Arduino UNO (Or any other Arduino)
  • LED
  • 1K ohm resistor
  • Jumper wires
  • Breadboard
  • Visuino program: Download Visuino

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Step 3: The Circuit

 

  • Connect Sensor Pin [GND] to Arduino board pin [GND]
  • Connect Sensor Pin [Vin] to Arduino board pin [3.3V]
  • Connect Sensor Pin [SDA] to Arduino board pin [SDA]
  • Connect Sensor Pin [SCL] to Arduino board pin [SCL]
  • Connect Arduino board pin [GND] to LED negative pin [-]
  • Connect Arduino board digital pin [5] to 1k ohm resistor
  • Connect 1k ohm resistor second pin to LED positive pin [+]

Step 4: Start Visuino, and Select the Arduino UNO Board Type

The Visuino: https://www.visuino.com also needs to be installed. Download Free version or register for a Free Trial.

Start Visuino as shown in the first picture Click on the “Tools” button on the Arduino component (Picture 1) in Visuino When the dialog appears, select “Arduino UNO” as shown on Picture 2

Step 5: In Visuino Add & Set Components

 

  • Add “APDS9960” component
  • Add “Clock Multi Source” component
  • Add “Up/Down Counter” component
  • Add “Analog Value” component
  • Add “Integer To Analog” component
  • Add “Analog Multi-Source Merger” component

Select “UpDownCounter1” and in the properties window:

  • set “Max” > “Value” to 10
  • set “Max” > “Roll Over” to False
  • set “Min” > “Value” to 0
  • set “Min” > “Roll Over” to False

Select “IntegerToAnalog1” and in the properties window set “Scale” to 0.1

Step 6: In Visuino Connect Components

  • Connect “GestureColorProximity1” Control pin I2C to Arduino I2C pin [In]
  • Connect “GestureColorProximity1” pin [Up] to “ClockMultiSource1” pin [In]
  • Connect “ClockMultiSource1” pin [0] to “AnalogValue1” > “Set Value1” pin [In]
  • Connect “ClockMultiSource1” pin [1] to “UpDownCounter1” [Reset]
  • Connect “GestureColorProximity1” pin [Down] to “AnalogValue1” > “Set Value2” pin [In]
  • Connect “GestureColorProximity1” pin [Left] to “UpDownCounter1” pin [Down]
  • Connect “GestureColorProximity1” pin [Right] to “UpDownCounter1” pin [Up]
  • Connect “UpDownCounter1″ pin [Out] to “IntegerToAnalog1” pin [In]
  • Connect “AnalogValue1″ pin [Out] to “AnalogMultiMerger1” pin [0]
  • Connect “IntegerToAnalog1″ pin [Out] to “AnalogMultiMerger1” pin [1]
  • Connect “AnalogMultiMerger1″ pin [Out] to Arduino PWM pin [5]

 

 

Step 7: Generate, Compile, and Upload the Arduino Code

 

In Visuino, at the bottom click on the “Build” Tab, make sure the correct port is selected, then click on the “Compile/Build and Upload” button.

Step 8: Play

If you power the Arduino module & move the hand Up or Down above the Sensor the LED will turn On or Off, and if you move the Left or Right the LED will change its brightness.

Congratulations! You have completed your project with Visuino. Also attached is the Visuino project, that I created for this Tutorial, you can download it and open it in Visuino: https://www.visuino.com

Download gesture-led-on-off-dim.zip