Questions tagged [digital]
Digital refers to signals which are either on or off (high or low, one or zero). This contrasts with analog signals which have a range of values.
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Digital Pot with Arduino
I am a newbie in electronics. Please correct me if I am wrong.
I am replacing a pot with a digital pot (DS3502) in a circuit.
The Vcc of the circuit is 12V. But the digital pot can have a maximum of 5....
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Inconsistent results when reading input looking for spike patterns
I'm writing a library that will interface with a control unit on a refrigerator compressor pump (QDZH35G). One of the features of the control unit is that it can detect what problems it's encountering ...
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Digital potentiometer DS3502 question
I am using adafruit DS3502 breakout board for arduino. When I follow procedure written in
https://learn.adafruit.com/ds3502-i2c-potentiometer/arduino
My serial display shows correct voltage values.
My ...
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Fast digital IO
I have a device programmable via an 8 bit digital parallel bus. I would like an Arduino to translate from a parallel 4 bit output of an existing device to 8 bit by intentionally reducing the ...
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How to increase pinout switching?
Consider this code:
void loop() {
digitalWrite(pinTest, HIGH);
digitalWrite(pinTest, LOW);
}
On an Arduino Mega 2560, running 16MHz (=0.06us), I would expect the width of the pulse to be ...
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Rotary encoder weird values
I am trying to understand this rotary encoder I have, but it makes no sense to me.
I am using this rotary encoder:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DM2YMT4/
CYT1100 aka CY110 aka EC11
I am using ...
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If Arduino digital pins can be used as power supply pins then why do we need VCC pins? [closed]
If Arduino digital pins can be used as power supply pins then why do we need VCC pins?
VCC pins work the same as digital outputs , don't they? So why do we still need VCC pins to
power components
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Cannot read LED state
I am running into a problem on a very basic functionality.
I want to read the state of an LED.
I have confirmed that under the specified circumstances, the LED receives 1.9V.
I try to read its state ...
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Adjusting Threshold for Digital Pins
I am working on a project using Force Sensors to build a keyboard for MD patients.
I have connected the sensors (each with 4 input pins) to digital pins to Arduino Due.
I want to adjust the threshold ...
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HOW convert momentary button to touch sensor TTP223?
I am trying to convert
this project https://maker.pro/arduino/projects/simple-fm-radio-receiver-with-arduino-uno-and-rda5807m
to 3 touch sensors TTP223.
But so far my new code don't work.
Please can ...
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Transfer a single pulse from Tektronix function generator to Arduino UNO
I have set up a single pulse (width of ~400 ms) using the burst feature on the Tektronix AFG3102 function generator and I want to transfer this signal to the digital pin of Arduino UNO. Essentially I ...
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Arduino Micro digital output pins floating / high Z
so i recently got an arduino micro for a project needing the control of two stepper motors with the A4988 driver. previously i was prototyping on an arduino uno and everything was working fine, but on ...
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How does Arduino Servo.h library manage to output PWM when a Servo motor is connected to a non-PWM pin? [duplicate]
While learning more about Servos, the main thing i have learned is that, Servos (SG90) need PWM signal with the frequency of 50Hz. And the duty cycle of the frequency is used to rotate the angle of ...
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Digital Pins Question
I am new to the world of Arduino and need a little bit of help. I have an Arduino Uno and I am trying to supply 5V to an actuator using the digital pins. It is my understanding that the board I have ...
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Plug in analog sensor into digital pin
If I take an Arduino (samd21, if it matters) and plug in an analog sensor/pot into a digital pin and then set that pin to be an input, would digitalRead(#) trigger HIGH and LOW at some threshold point?...
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