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George Kartsonas
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3D Sensing for Automotive Control

Electro-mechanical switching is a common source of failure in many applications, including vehicles. 3D magnetic sensing is the solution.

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Automotive
Sensing the World in All Three Dimensions
3D Sensing for Automotive Control

Things used in this project

Hardware components

3D Magnetic Sensor 2Go
Infineon 3D Magnetic Sensor 2Go
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Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE
Processing

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)

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Code

Arduino Positioning Code

Arduino
#include <Tle493d_w2b6.h>

Tle493d_w2b6 Tle493dMagnetic3DSensor = Tle493d_w2b6(Tle493d_w2b6::LOWPOWERMODE);
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  while (!Serial);
  Tle493dMagnetic3DSensor.begin();
  //The highest adjustable range is used for all three directions, i.e., within half of the total value range INT is disabled 
  Tle493dMagnetic3DSensor.setWakeUpThreshold(1,-1,1,-1,1,-1);

  //The update rate is set to 3 (fastest is 0 and slowest is 7)
  Tle493dMagnetic3DSensor.setUpdateRate(3);
  pinMode(14, OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
  Tle493dMagnetic3DSensor.updateData();

  Serial.print(Tle493dMagnetic3DSensor.getX());
  Serial.print(" ; ");
  Serial.print(Tle493dMagnetic3DSensor.getY());
  Serial.print(" ; ");
  Serial.println(Tle493dMagnetic3DSensor.getZ());

  if (Tle493dMagnetic3DSensor.getX() > -1.0) {
    digitalWrite(14, HIGH);
  } else {
    digitalWrite(14, LOW);
  }
  delay(500);
}

Arduino Processing GUI Code

Arduino
#include <Tle493d_w2b6.h>

void setup() {

  pinMode(14, OUTPUT);   //set pin as output , blue led

  Serial.begin(9600);    //start serial communication @9600 bps
  }

void loop(){
  
  if(Serial.available()){  //id data is available to read

    char val = Serial.read();

     if(val == 'r'){       //if b received
      digitalWrite(14, HIGH); //turn on blue led
      }
   
    if(val == 'f'){       //if f received
      digitalWrite(14, LOW);
      }      
    }
  }

Processing GUI Code

Arduino
import controlP5.*; //import ControlP5 library
import processing.serial.*;

Serial port;

ControlP5 cp5; //create ControlP5 object
PFont font;

void setup(){ //same as arduino program

  size(300, 450);    //window size, (width, height)
  
  printArray(Serial.list());   //prints all available serial ports
  
  port = new Serial(this, "COM18", 9600);  //i have connected arduino to com3, it would be different in linux and mac os
  
  //lets add buton to empty window
  
  cp5 = new ControlP5(this);
  font = createFont("calibri light bold", 26);    // custom fonts for buttons and title
  
  cp5.addButton("red")     //"red" is the name of button
    .setPosition(100, 50)  //x and y coordinates of upper left corner of button
    .setSize(120, 70)      //(width, height)
    .setFont(font)
  ;   
  
  cp5.addButton("alloff")     //"alloff" is the name of button
    .setPosition(100, 250)  //x and y coordinates of upper left corner of button
    .setSize(120, 70)      //(width, height)
    .setFont(font)
  ;
}

void draw(){  //same as loop in arduino

  background(150, 0 , 150); // background color of window (r, g, b) or (0 to 255)
  
  //lets give title to our window
  fill(0, 255, 0);               //text color (r, g, b)
  textFont(font);
  text("LED CONTROL", 80, 30);  // ("text", x coordinate, y coordinat)
}

//lets add some functions to our buttons
//so whe you press any button, it sends perticular char over serial port

void red(){
  port.write('r');
}

void alloff(){
  port.write('f');
}

Credits

George Kartsonas

George Kartsonas

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