Hi guys,
Today I’ll talk about a really good project you can do with your Arduino! This is the best way you can have a cheap oscilloscope around. Let’s start…
- First, download processing. It’s free Click here to download. You don’t need to install anything, It runs like the Arduino IDE.
- Now upload this code into your Arduino
- After Run this code in Processing IDE
And then you just need to connect the Arduino analog pin 0 to the signal you want to read.
And It’s done!
This is the Circuit I’ll be measuring , it’s a simple 555 timer circuit… that flashes a LED, parts list:
- 1x Arduino
555 Timer LED Blinks
- 1x Breadboard
- 1x LED
- 1x 10k resistor
- 1×4.7k resistor
- 1x 1k resistor
- 1x 100nF electrolytic capacitor
- Jumper cables
Check my YouTube video and watch it working.
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I like it.
Thanks 🙂
What is the Scope time base setting?
actually there’s no windows where you can change the time base, you can do that by changing the code a bit probably
I tried it but the screen is blank..do I need to make a special probe..please let me know..thanks
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you don’t need any special probes, that should be working right away? are you using windows?
download the 32 bits version of processing and try again..
Yes I am on windows vista /7 ..I only get a red line in the middle..when I feed in a signal there is no effect..I’m using arduino dumeilenova 328..please help…
I had to change:
port = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[0], 9600);
to:
port = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[4], 9600);
Try a different port # or add: println(Serial.list()); to setup() to display your serial ports. Make sure you use the same number that you use in Arduino->Tools->Serial Port
Complete Processing Code:
/*
* Oscilloscope
* Gives a visual rendering of analog pin 0 in realtime.
*
* This project is part of Accrochages
* See http://accrochages.drone.ws
*
* (c) 2008 Sofian Audry (info@sofianaudry.com)
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see .
*/
import processing.serial.*;
Serial port; // Create object from Serial class
int val; // Data received from the serial port
int[] values;
float zoom;
void setup()
{
size(1280, 480);
println(Serial.list());
// You may need to change the number in [ ] to match the correct port for your system
// Look at the output in the bottom of this window
// Open the port that the board is connected to and use the same speed (9600 bps)
port = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[4], 9600);
values = new int[width];
zoom = 1.0f;
smooth();
}
int getY(int val) {
return (int)(height – val / 1023.0f * (height – 1));
}
int getValue() {
int value = -1;
while (port.available() >= 3) {
if (port.read() == 0xff) {
value = (port.read() << 8) | (port.read());
}
}
return value;
}
void pushValue(int value) {
for (int i=0; i<width-1; i++)
values[i] = values[i+1];
values[width-1] = value;
}
void drawLines() {
stroke(255);
int displayWidth = (int) (width / zoom);
int k = values.length – displayWidth;
int x0 = 0;
int y0 = getY(values[k]);
for (int i=1; i<displayWidth; i++) {
k++;
int x1 = (int) (i * (width-1) / (displayWidth-1));
int y1 = getY(values[k]);
line(x0, y0, x1, y1);
x0 = x1;
y0 = y1;
}
}
void drawGrid() {
stroke(255, 0, 0);
line(0, height/2, width, height/2);
}
void keyReleased() {
switch (key) {
case '+':
zoom *= 2.0f;
println(zoom);
if ( (int) (width / zoom) <= 1 )
zoom /= 2.0f;
break;
case '-':
zoom /= 2.0f;
if (zoom < 1.0f)
zoom *= 2.0f;
break;
}
}
void draw()
{
background(0);
drawGrid();
val = getValue();
if (val != -1) {
pushValue(val);
}
drawLines();
}