John Bradnam
Published © GPL3+

Laser Tachometer

A small hand-held tachometer that uses a laser to show how fast an object is rotating in revolutions per minute (rpm).

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Laser Tachometer

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Microchip ATtiny1614 microproceesor
×1
TP4056 Battery Charging module
×1
Battery, 3.7 V
Battery, 3.7 V
120mA/Hr
×1
Tactile Switch, Top Actuated
Tactile Switch, Top Actuated
6mm shafts with button tops
×2
128x32 I2C OLED display module
×1
5mW Laser Diode
×1
KY-008 Laser and sensor kit
×1
Passive Components
0805 Resistors - 1x33ohm, 1x0ohm, 1x10Kohm; 0805 capacitors - 1x0.1uF
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

3D Printer (generic)
3D Printer (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)

Story

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Custom parts and enclosures

STL Files

STL files for the slicing software

Schematics

Schematic

PCB

Eagle Files

Schematic and PCB in Eagle format

Code

TachometerV1.ino

C/C++
// Laser Tachometer V1
// Based on a design by Elite Worm (https://www.hackster.io/Elite_Worm/build-a-laser-tachometer-c5a320)
//
// 
// V1: jlb (jbrad2089@gmail.com)
//  - Wrote software for a ATtiny1614 and 128x32 I2C OLED display
//

/**
 * ATTiny1614 Pins mapped to Ardunio Pins
 *
 *             +--------+
 *         VCC + 1   14 + GND
 * (SS)  0 PA4 + 2   13 + PA3 10 (SCK)
 *       1 PA5 + 3   12 + PA2 9  (MISO)
 * (DAC) 2 PA6 + 4   11 + PA1 8  (MOSI)
 *       3 PA7 + 5   10 + PA0 11 (UPDI)
 * (RXD) 4 PB3 + 6    9 + PB0 7  (SCL)
 * (TXD) 5 PB2 + 7    8 + PB1 6  (SDA)
 *             +--------+
 */

#include <OneWire.h>
#include <U8g2lib.h>
#include <avr/sleep.h>

#define MEASURE_BTN 0   //PA4 D0
#define ON_BTN 1        //PA5 D1
#define SENSOR 9        //PA2 D9
#define LASER 10        //PA3 D10

U8G2_SSD1306_128X32_UNIVISION_F_HW_I2C u8g2(U8G2_R0, U8X8_PIN_NONE);

volatile uint32_t pulseStartTime = 0;   //Time revolution started
volatile uint32_t pulseDuration = 0;    //Duration of revolution

char textBuffer[20];                    //Used for text measurement

//Used to store a running average
#define AVG_SIZE 128
#define AVG_MASK 0x7F
uint32_t runningTotal = 0;
uint16_t runningCount = 0;
uint8_t runningHead = 0; 
uint8_t runningTail = 0;
uint32_t runningValues[AVG_SIZE];

#define PULSE_TIMEOUT 5000
#define UPDATE_TIME 300
uint32_t updateTimeout;

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Initialise Hardware
void setup() 
{
  //Serial.begin(9600);

  pinMode(LASER, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(LASER, LOW);
  pinMode(SENSOR, INPUT);
  attachInterrupt(digitalPinToInterrupt(SENSOR), SensorInterrupt, RISING);
  
  //ON button Interrupt will wake up from sleep mode
  pinMode(ON_BTN, INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(MEASURE_BTN, INPUT_PULLUP);
  attachInterrupt(digitalPinToInterrupt(ON_BTN),SwitchInterrupt,CHANGE);

  u8g2.begin();
  u8g2.clearBuffer();         // clear the internal memory
  u8g2.sendBuffer();          // transfer internal memory to the display
  
  systemSleep();  
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Handle pin change interrupt when ON button is pressed
// - This will wake up the microprocessor
// - Code will continue after the sleep_mode() command in the systemSleep() function.
void SwitchInterrupt()
{
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Handle pin change interrupt when ON button is pressed
// - This will trigger on the rising edge of the sensor
void SensorInterrupt()
{
  
  pulseDuration = micros() - pulseStartTime;
  pulseStartTime = micros();
}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------
// Show splash screen

void showSplashScreen()
{
  //Splash screen
  u8g2.clearBuffer();
  u8g2.setFont(u8g2_font_helvB12_tr); // helvetica bold
  u8g2.drawStr(20,14,"ATtiny1614");   // x,y,text
  u8g2.drawStr(15,29,"Laser Tacho");
  u8g2.sendBuffer();                // transfer internal memory to the display
  delay(3000);

  strcpy(textBuffer, "Ready");
  u8g2.clearBuffer();
  u8g2.setFont(u8g2_font_logisoso20_tr); // helvetica bold
  int width = u8g2.getStrWidth(textBuffer);
  u8g2.drawStr((128-width)/2,26,textBuffer);
  u8g2.sendBuffer();                // transfer internal memory to the display
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Main Program Loop
void loop() 
{
  uint32_t started;
  uint32_t duration;
  uint32_t rpm;
  
  while (digitalRead(ON_BTN) == HIGH)
  {
    if (digitalRead(MEASURE_BTN) == LOW)
    {
      //Switch on laser
      digitalWrite(LASER, HIGH);
      delay(10);
      
      //Start reading the sensor
      noInterrupts();
      pulseDuration = 0;          //Wait for at least one revolution
      pulseStartTime = micros();  //If no intertupts, we can test this for a timeout
      interrupts();

      //Clear out any old running totals
      runningTotal = 0;
      runningCount = 0;
      runningHead = 0; 
      runningTail = 0;
      
      while (digitalRead(MEASURE_BTN) == LOW)
      {
        noInterrupts();
        started = pulseStartTime;
        duration = pulseDuration;
        interrupts();

        if (duration == 0 && (millis() - started) > PULSE_TIMEOUT)
        {
          //No pulse so we aren't measuring anything
          rpm = 0;
        }
        else if (duration > 0)
        {
          //Get the RPM and add to running average
          rpm = (60000000 / duration);
          if (runningCount == AVG_SIZE)
          {
            //Remove oldest value from running total
            runningTotal = runningTotal - runningValues[runningTail];
            runningTail = (runningTail + 1) & AVG_MASK;
            runningCount--;
          }
          //Add new value to running total
          runningValues[runningHead] = rpm;
          runningHead = (runningHead + 1) & AVG_MASK;
          runningTotal = runningTotal + rpm;
          runningCount++;
          rpm = runningTotal / runningCount;
        }

        //Display running average
        if (millis() > updateTimeout)
        {
          displayNumber(rpm);
          updateTimeout = millis() + UPDATE_TIME;
        }
      }
      
      //Switch off laser
      digitalWrite(LASER, LOW);
    }
    delay(100);
  }
  
  //Wait until ON button is released
  while (digitalRead(ON_BTN) == LOW)
  {
    delay(100);
  }
  //Shut down unit
  systemSleep();
}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------
// display current RPM
void displayNumber(uint32_t  number)
{
  u8g2.clearBuffer();
  u8g2.setFont(u8g2_font_logisoso20_tr); // helvetica bold
  sprintf(textBuffer,"%5lu",number);
  int twidth = u8g2.getStrWidth(textBuffer);
  u8g2.setFont(u8g2_font_helvB12_tr); // helvetica bold
  strcpy(textBuffer," rpm ");
  int rwidth = u8g2.getStrWidth(textBuffer);
  int tx = max(128 - (twidth + rwidth), 0);
  u8g2.drawStr(tx + twidth,30,textBuffer);
  sprintf(textBuffer,"%5lu",number);
  u8g2.setFont(u8g2_font_logisoso20_tr); // helvetica bold
  u8g2.drawStr(tx,30,textBuffer);
  u8g2.sendBuffer();                // transfer internal memory to the display
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Shut down OLED and put ATtiny to sleep
//Will wake up when LEFT button is pressed
void systemSleep() 
{
  interrupts();
  u8g2.clearBuffer();         // clear the internal memory
  u8g2.sendBuffer();          // transfer internal memory to the display
  u8g2.setPowerSave(true);
  //cbi(ADCSRA,ADEN);                   // switch Analog to Digitalconverter OFF
  set_sleep_mode(SLEEP_MODE_PWR_DOWN);  // sleep mode is set here
  sleep_enable();
  sleep_mode();                         // System actually sleeps here
  sleep_disable();                      // System continues execution here when watchdog timed out
  //sbi(ADCSRA,ADEN);                   // switch Analog to Digitalconverter ON
  u8g2.setPowerSave(false);
  //Wait until on button is released
  while (digitalRead(ON_BTN) == LOW)
  {
    delay(100);
  }
  showSplashScreen();
  updateTimeout = 0;
}

Credits

John Bradnam

John Bradnam

145 projects β€’ 178 followers
Thanks to Elite Worm.

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