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Welcome! Thank you for purchasing our AZ-Delivery KY-036 Touch Sensor Module. On the following pages, you will be introduced to how to use and set up this handy device. Have fun!
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Areas of application Education and teaching: Use in schools, universities and training institutions to teach the basics of electronics, programming and embedded systems. Research and development: Use in research and development projects to create prototypes and experiments in the fields of electronics and computer science. Prototype development: Use in the development and testing of new electronic circuits and devices.
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consult a doctor. Caution: Keep the product out of the reach of children and pets to avoid accidental contact and swallowing of small parts. Note: Store the product in a safe, closed container when not in use. Attention: Avoid contact of the product with food and drinks.
Table of Contents Introduction......................3 Specifications....................4 The pinout......................5 How to set-up Arduino IDE................6 How to set-up the Raspberry Pi and Python..........10 Connecting the module with Atmega328p............11 Sketch example..................12 Connecting the module with Raspberry Pi.............14 Python script....................15 - 2 -...
Introduction On-board the KY-036 touch sensor module there are the MPSA13 Darlington transistor, a few resistors, two LEDs, a potentiometer and an LM393 analog voltage comparator chip. The MPSA13 Darlington transistor is used as the touch sensor. Transistors have three legs one for the base, one for the emitter and one for the collector.
With some adjustment of the potentiometer, when the analog voltage is read via an analog to digital converter (ADC for short), the digital value of the voltage is around 1023. That is the state when the KY-036 sensor is not touched.
How to set-up Arduino IDE If the Arduino IDE is not installed, follow the link and download the installation file for the operating system of choice. For Windows users, double click on the downloaded .exe file and follow the instructions in the installation window. - 6 -...
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For Linux users, download a file with the extension .tar.xz, which has to be extracted. When it is extracted, go to the extracted directory and open the terminal in that directory. Two .sh scripts have to be executed, the first called arduino-linux-setup.sh and the second called install.sh.
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Almost all operating systems come with a text editor preinstalled (for example, Windows comes with Notepad, Linux Ubuntu comes with Gedit, Linux Raspbian comes with Leafpad, etc.). All of these text editors are perfectly fine for the purpose of the eBook. Next thing is to check if your PC can detect an Atmega328p board.
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If the Arduino IDE is used on Windows, port names are as follows: For Linux users, for example port name is /dev/ttyUSBx, where x represents integer number between 0 and 9. - 9 -...
How to set-up the Raspberry Pi and Python For the Raspberry Pi, first the operating system has to be installed, then everything has to be set-up so that it can be used in the Headless mode. The Headless mode enables remote connection to the Raspberry Pi, without the need for a PC screen Monitor, mouse or keyboard.
Connect the KY-036 module with the Atmega328p as shown on the following connection diagram: KY-036 pin > Mc pin > Red wire > Black wire > Green wire > Blue wire With this set-up both the analog and digital pins of the KY-036 module are used. - 11 -...
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Upload the sketch to the Atmega328p and open Serial Monitor (Tools > Serial Monitor). The result should look like the output on the following image: - 13 -...
Connecting the module with Raspberry Pi Connect the KY-036 module with the Raspberry Pi as shown on the following connection diagram: KY-036 pin > Raspberry Pi pin > [pin 14] Black wire > GPIO22 [pin 15] Blue wire + (VCC) >...
Python script import RPi.GPIO GPIO from time import sleep GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM) GPIO.setwarnings(False) # Pin setup for the module Digital_PIN GPIO.setup(Digital_PIN, GPIO.IN) print('[Press CTRL + C to end the script!]') try: # Main program loop while True: GPIO.input(Digital_PIN): print('Touch detected') else: print('No touch') sleep(1) # Wait for a second...
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Save the script by the name touch.py. To run the script open terminal in the directory where the script is saved and run the following command: python3 touch.py The result should look like the output on the following image: To end the script press CTRL + C on the keyboard. Now it is the time to learn and make your own projects.
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