Published August 14, 2016 © GPL3+

Arduino Lie Detector

Someone has been eating my cookies! Thankfully Arduino is here to help find out who it is.

BeginnerFull instructions provided3 hours179,756

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino Nano R3

5 mm LED: Red

5 mm LED: Green

LED (generic)

Resistor 2K

Cables

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)

Hot glue gun (generic)

Soldering Wire

Story

Hey everyone today I want to show you how to make an Arduino-controlled lie detector to see when your friends are lying to you :D or to measure the different responses that your bodies skingoes through depending onthe situation you are in or the emotions you are feeling and the coolest thing of all is that we can see all of theses things happen in real time in an Arduino graph.

Step 1: How it Works

Our skin is amazing! It provides a medium for us to experience the sense of touch, it keeps infections out and keeps innards in but I bet you didn't know that our skin changes conductivity depending on many different things one being our mood! It called Electrodermal activity (EDA) and there's a really interesting Wikipedia page you can read here. The basics are that our skin changes its conductivity depending on how we feel.

We start by connect our Arduino to the subject and then connect the Arduino to a computer with the graphing software (I'll go over this in detail later)

We have to start by asking the subject some easy questions we know they will answer truthfully like "what is your name" and "where do you live" to get a baseline and from there we can start asking questions that they may lie about, if they do they would probably feel nervous and then we can read the change in the base line that be established earlier if they lie :D

Step 2: Parts List

1 / 4 • Arduino Nano

We need, Aruino Nano, some leds, velcro, 2K resistors and some basic tools like cardboard, foil, hot-glue, soldering iron and craft knife.

Step 3: Wiring

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The wiring for this is pretty easy, we will start by connecting them in this order:

Connect A long piece of cable to Arduino analog pin 0

Connect the 2k resistor to ground and the the extended analog 0 pin

Connect A long piece of cable to Arduinos 5 volt pin

Connect the anode (long leg) of the green led to pin 2 and the cathode (short leg) to ground

Connect the anode of the orange led to pin 3 and the cathode to ground

Connect the anode of the red led to pin 4 and the cathode to ground

That's all the wiring for the Arduino, now we need a way to keep the sensor wires on our fingers we will cover this later.

Step 4: Software and Code

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The main piece of software we are going use is the newest version on the Arduino IDE. The new update brings a new way to see the data being received from the Arduino, instead of being in text form from the serial monitor, it can now be displayed in a real time graph which will help us identify when the data changes its pattern (when someone lies)

To open the plotter open Arduino and navigate to the tools menu and you should see it there just below serial monitor.

Now the code for the micro controller is at in the code section below. copy it and upload it to your board.

Step 5: Making the finger clips

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Now that the basic form of the project is done we can start adding features to make it easier to use we will start by adding finger clips to keep a stable connection between our fingers and the cables. Lets start by gluing a strip of tinfoil to the bottom of a strip of velcro, do this for both pieces of velcro (the hook and the loop. Now rap it around your finger until it makes a tight fit (check photos) then tape the exposed wire from analog pin 0 to the tin foil and repeat this step for the 5 volt pin (make sure it makes a good connection)

Step 6: Making the case

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The plan is to make a small compartment for the finger pads to fold away and to have three holes for the leds to stick out. Its going to be made out of cardboard and to make it we will need to cut the following shapes out:

Cut two 15x3 cm rectangles

One 15x5 cm rectangle

Three 5x3 cm rectangles (cut a square in the middle on one of them for the nanos usb)

One 9x5 cm rectangle

One 6x5 cm rectangle

The 15x5 rectangle is the base. The two 15x3 rectangles and two of the 5x3 rectangles get glued to the sides of the base. Now glue the third 5x3 rectangle to the base 6cm from the side (close to the middle, check photos) Now you should have a rectangle thats divided into two sides, one with a length of 6cm and the other with a length of 9cm. The side with a length of 6cm is where we are going to put the electronics and the other side is where the finger pads go. Next cut 3 holes (the size of leds) on the 6x5 rectangle and glue it down to the 6cm side (as a lid). Last we need to tape the short side of the 9x5 rectangle to the far side of the 9cm side (this acts as a lid that flips up and down to reveal the finger pads)

Step 7: Putting it all together

The last thing we need to do is put the electronics in the case start by gluing down the arduino and all wires in the 6cm side and run the extended wires(pin analog 0 and 5 volt) to the other side of of the rectangle (9cm side). Now glue the three leds to the holes we made on the 6x5cm rectangle and give it a test if all goes well you should have a small portable Arduino lie detector but let me warn you this isnt the most accurate system in fact most real lie detectors use a host of other sensors to determine if someone is lying such as a heart rate monitor and others, what im saying is dont uses the result of this for serious questions. :D

If you have any questions please either send me a personal message or leave a comment and ill try my best to get back to you.

Code

PolyGraph.ino

void setup()
{
	Serial.begin(9600);
	pinMode(2, OUTPUT);
	pinMode(3, OUTPUT);
	pinMode(4, OUTPUT);
	digitalWrite(2, HIGH);
	delay(500);
	digitalWrite(3, HIGH);
	delay(500);
	digitalWrite(4, HIGH);
	delay(500);
}

void loop()
{
	if (analogRead(A0) > 60)
	{
		digitalWrite(4, HIGH);
	}
	else
	{
		digitalWrite(4, LOW);
	}
	if (analogRead(A0) > 20)
	{
		digitalWrite(2, HIGH);
	}
	else
	{
		digitalWrite(2, LOW);
	}
	if (analogRead(A0) > 45)
	{
		digitalWrite(3, HIGH);
	}
	else
	{
		digitalWrite(3, LOW);
	}

	Serial.println(analogRead(A0));
	delay(20);
}

Credits

Dante Roumega

14 projects • 179 followers

Im 19 and I love electrical engineering

Arduino Lie Detector

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Story

Step 1: How it Works

Step 2: Parts List

Step 3: Wiring

Step 4: Software and Code

Step 5: Making the finger clips

Step 6: Making the case

Step 7: Putting it all together

Schematics

Wiring diagram

Code

PolyGraph.ino

Credits

Dante Roumega

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Arduino Lie Detector

Arduino Lie Detector

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Story

Step 1: How it Works

Step 2: Parts List

Step 3: Wiring

Step 4: Software and Code

Step 5: Making the finger clips

Step 6: Making the case

Step 7: Putting it all together

Schematics

Wiring diagram

Code

PolyGraph.ino

Credits

Dante Roumega

Comments

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