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Input Devices


system sketch     board design     embedded program

System Sketch

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Measuring the distance from an object

To do my final project, being able to sense the objects going through my machine and react based on the facts is my goal. In order to do that, I am testing this version of the distance sensor.

Board Design

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Schematic design

I am using Fusion to do my schematic design. Using Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C3 as the core and adding a 4-pin head for the Time-of-Flight sensor, an LED to make output in the future, and an additional 6-pin head for ground and potential debugging.

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PCB design

I use pretty thick routes (25mil) as the default to improve transit and leave some extra spaces between different components. WZR & HTMAA letter is a must!

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Board fabrication

The board was done in 10 min with the milling machine.

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Input module

I chose the VL53L1X module for distance sensing. For this exercise, I am only using four of its pins to make connections.

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Soldering

Simply soldered all the parts from the board design.

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Connecting

Everything is connected and should be ready to go!

Embedded Program

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Programming

Connected the devices to my Mac, and started the program to get the visualization from the input data.

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Project Index

W5: electronics design

W6: electronics production

W8: input devices

W9: computer-controlled machining

W10: computer-controlled machining

W11: output devices

W12: networking & communications

W13: interface & application 

W14: wildcard week

W15: final project

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