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Jennifer Chen
Created December 19, 2015 © GPL3+

Origami Arduino Bluetooth Vehicle

Designing a Bluetooth-enabled parade float with an origami chassis

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Origami Arduino Bluetooth Vehicle

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
×1
nRF8001 Bluetooth Module
×1
Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
×1
4xAA battery holder
4xAA battery holder
×1
AA Batteries
AA Batteries
×4
9V battery (generic)
9V battery (generic)
×1
Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
×12
Dual H-Bridge motor drivers L298
SparkFun Dual H-Bridge motor drivers L298
×1
DC motor (generic)
×2
Zip ties
×4
Generic glass marbles
×2
Actobotics Robotic Wheels
×2

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)
Hot glue gun (generic)
Hot glue gun (generic)
3D Printer (generic)
3D Printer (generic)
Laser cutter (generic)
Laser cutter (generic)

Story

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Schematics

Bluetooth Arduino Wiring

Code

Arduino Bluetooth Code

Arduino
Controls the motors w/ Bluetooth and integrates w/ Bluefruit LE Connect app. https://learn.adafruit.com/bluefruit-le-connect-for-ios/settings
// This version uses call-backs on the event and RX so there's no data handling in the main loop!

#include <SPI.h>
#include "Adafruit_BLE_UART.h"


// Connect CLK/MISO/MOSI to hardware SPI
// e.g. On UNO & compatible: CLK = 13, MISO = 12, MOSI = 11
#define ADAFRUITBLE_REQ 8
#define ADAFRUITBLE_RDY 2 //interrupt pin. on Uno that's #2 or #3
#define ADAFRUITBLE_RST 7

Adafruit_BLE_UART uart = Adafruit_BLE_UART(ADAFRUITBLE_REQ, ADAFRUITBLE_RDY, ADAFRUITBLE_RST);

boolean messageReceived = false;
uint8_t message[20];

// initializing my components
int enA = 10; //LEFT motor enable pin
int in1 = 6;  //L input
int in2 = 5;  //L input
int in3 = 3;  //R input
int in4 = 4;  //R input

int enB = 9; //RIGHT motor enable pin

/**************************************************************************/
/*!
    This function is called whenever select ACI events happen
*/
/**************************************************************************/
void aciCallback(aci_evt_opcode_t event)
{
  switch(event)
  {
    case ACI_EVT_DEVICE_STARTED:
      Serial.println(F("Advertising started"));
      break;
    case ACI_EVT_CONNECTED:
      Serial.println(F("Connected!"));
      break;
    case ACI_EVT_DISCONNECTED:
      Serial.println(F("Disconnected or advertising timed out"));
      break;
    default:
      break;
  }
}

/**************************************************************************/
/*!
    This function is called whenever data arrives on the RX channel
*/
/**************************************************************************/
void rxCallback(uint8_t *buffer, uint8_t len)
{
  
  Serial.print(F("Received "));
  Serial.print(len);
  Serial.println(F(" bytes: "));

  // constantly check if these are happening
      switch(buffer[2]) {
      case 53:
        Serial.println ( "up");
        if(buffer[3] == 49){
          digitalWrite(in1, HIGH); //left
          digitalWrite(in2, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in3, HIGH); // sets motor to forward.
          digitalWrite(in4, LOW);
          analogWrite(enA, 200);
          analogWrite(enB, 255); // write enable pin to highest speed (0-255)
        }
        if(buffer[3] == 48) { //button released, turn all motors off
          digitalWrite(in1, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in2, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in3, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in4, LOW);
          analogWrite(enA, 0);
          analogWrite(enB, 0);
        }
        break; // will stop the code so that the following code in the loop does not run
      case 54:
        Serial.println ( "down");
        if(buffer[3] == 49){
          digitalWrite(in1, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in2, HIGH);
          digitalWrite(in3, LOW); // sets motor to backwards.
          digitalWrite(in4, HIGH);
          analogWrite(enA, 220);
          analogWrite(enB, 255); // write enable pin to highest speed (0-255)
        }

        if(buffer[3] == 48) { //button released, turn all motors off
          digitalWrite(in1, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in2, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in3, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in4, LOW);
          analogWrite(enA, 0);
          analogWrite(enB, 0);
        }
        break;
      case 55: 
        Serial.println ( "left");
        if(buffer[3] == 49){
          digitalWrite(in1, HIGH);
          digitalWrite(in2, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in3, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in4, HIGH);
          analogWrite(enA, 255);
          analogWrite(enB, 255); // write enable pin to highest speed (0-255)
         }
        
        if(buffer[3] == 48) { //button released, turn all motors off
          digitalWrite(in1, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in2, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in3, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in4, LOW);
          analogWrite(enA, 0);
          analogWrite(enB, 0);
        }
        break;
      case 56:
        Serial.println ( "right");
        if(buffer[3] == 49){        
          digitalWrite(in1, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in2, HIGH);
          digitalWrite(in3, HIGH);
          digitalWrite(in4, LOW);
          analogWrite(enA, 255);
          analogWrite(enB, 255); // write enable pin to highest speed (0-255)
         }
         
        if(buffer[3] == 48) { //button released, turn all motors off
          digitalWrite(in1, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in2, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in3, LOW);
          digitalWrite(in4, LOW);
          analogWrite(enA, 0);
          analogWrite(enB, 0);
        }
        break;
    }
     
  /* Echo the same data back! */
  uart.write(buffer, len);
}

/**************************************************************************/
/*!
    Configure the Arduino and start advertising with the radio
*/
/**************************************************************************/
void setup(void){
  Serial.begin(9600);
  while(!Serial); // Leonardo/Micro should wait for serial init
  Serial.println(F("Adafruit Bluefruit Low Energy nRF8001 Callback Echo demo"));

  uart.setRXcallback(rxCallback);
  uart.setACIcallback(aciCallback);
  uart.setDeviceName("MYCAR"); /* 7 characters max! */
  uart.begin();

// setup the pinmodes for the L298 Motor controller
  pinMode(enA, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(enB, OUTPUT); // all three pins are output pins
  pinMode(in1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(in2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(in3, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(in4, OUTPUT);
}

/**************************************************************************/
/*!
    Constantly checks for new events on the nRF8001
*/
/**************************************************************************/


void loop()
{
  uart.pollACI();
}

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Jennifer Chen

Jennifer Chen

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