So, i worked on my controller for a while last night. I have it working, but I need to refine the program a bit.
So far I have the left and right buttons, the trigger button and the shooter. The left and right buttons are digital. The shooter is a linear potentiometer, and the trigger button is digital but just sends the highest value from the potentiometer before the button was pressed.
The thing is, I can’t quite figure out what I am doing wrong with the code. I know it has to clear the variable, but I began to get stuck in a loop last night, so I gave up until I could think clearly again.
This is the code currently, it is adapted from this project here: http://www.imaginaryindustries.com/blog/?p=80
/*
// this is the address of each button in the 4 bytes
definitions :
#define BUTTON_1 0x01
#define BUTTON_2 0x02
#define BUTTON_3 0x03
#define BUTTON_4 0x04
#define BUTTON_5 0x05
#define BUTTON_6 0x06
#define BUTTON_7 0x07
#define BUTTON_8 0x08
#define BUTTON_9 0x09
#define BUTTON_10 0x0A
#define BUTTON_11 0x0B
#define BUTTON_12 0x0C
#define BUTTON_13 0x0D
#define BUTTON_14 0x0E
#define BUTTON_15 0x0F
#define BUTTON_16 0x10
#define BUTTON_17 0x11
#define BUTTON_18 0x12
#define BUTTON_19 0x13
#define BUTTON_20 0x14
#define BUTTON_21 0x15
#define BUTTON_22 0x16
#define BUTTON_23 0x17
#define BUTTON_24 0x18
#define BUTTON_25 0x19
#define BUTTON_26 0x1A
#define BUTTON_27 0x1B
#define BUTTON_28 0x1C
#define BUTTON_29 0x1D
#define BUTTON_30 0x1E
#define BUTTON_31 0x1F
#define BUTTON_32 0x20
*/
#include
const bool DEBUG = false; // set to true to debug the raw values
int BUTTON_1 = 11;// LEFT TRIGGER ON PINBALL
int BUTTON_2 = 10;//RIGHT TRIGGER ON PINBALL
int BUTTON_3 = 9; //Used to trigger the value of the pinball shooter at its
apex
int throttlePin = A5; //One Axes for pinball shooter
int xPin = A2;
int yPin = A3;
int xZero, yZero;
int xValue, yValue;
int deadzone = 5; // smaller values will be set to 0
int throttleValue;// CURRENTLY SET TO PINBALL LAUNCHER
unsigned int maxRead ; //SET MAXREAD AS THE MAX INPUT FOR THE BALL
unsigned int lastRead; // last stored reading greater than previous
unsigned int count;
unsigned int count1;
void setup()
{
// if(DEBUG) {
Serial.begin(57600);
maxRead = 0; //zero the value before loop
lastRead = 0; // zero the value before loop
count = 0;
count1 = 0;
// Setup the button with an internal pull-up :
pinMode(BUTTON_1,INPUT_PULLUP);
pinMode(BUTTON_2,INPUT_PULLUP);
pinMode(throttlePin, INPUT);
pinMode(xPin, INPUT);
pinMode(yPin, INPUT);
pinMode(BUTTON_3,INPUT_PULLUP);
xZero = analogRead(xPin);
yZero = analogRead(yPin);
// guessing that these values are zeroed at the beginning of the sketch
joySt.xAxis = 0;
joySt.yAxis = 0;
joySt.zAxis = 0;
joySt.xRotAxis = 0;
joySt.yRotAxis = 0;
joySt.zRotAxis = 0;
joySt.throttle = 0;
joySt.rudder = 0;
joySt.hatSw1 = 0;
joySt.hatSw2 = 0;
joySt.buttons = 0;
}
void loop()
{
joySt.buttons = 0x00; // off state
// if (count = 1) {
if (digitalRead(BUTTON_3) == HIGH){
joySt.zAxis = 0;
// count = 0;
}
if (digitalRead(BUTTON_1) == LOW){
joySt.buttons += 0x01;
}
if (digitalRead(BUTTON_2) == LOW){
joySt.buttons += 0x02; //adds the two inputs together
}
if (digitalRead(BUTTON_3) == LOW){
joySt.zAxis = map(maxRead,0,1023,0,255);
// count = 1;
}
xValue = analogRead(xPin) - xZero;
yValue = analogRead(yPin) - yZero;
if(abs(xValue) < deadzone) {
xValue = 0;
}
if(abs(yValue) < deadzone) {
yValue = 0;
}
throttleValue = analogRead(throttlePin); //(throttlePin) - throttleZero;
// THIS SECTION WILL DETERMINE THE LAST HIGHEST READING AND APPLY THAT TO THE BUTTON
if (throttleValue > lastRead) {
lastRead = throttleValue; // store the current throttle value in last read
}
else if (throttleValue < lastRead) {
maxRead = lastRead; // store the max value in last read
}
joySt.xAxis = map(xValue, 450, -450, 0, 255); // here the axis is inverted
joySt.yAxis = map(yValue, -400, 400, 0, 255);
joySt.throttle = map(throttleValue,0,1023,0,255); // scaling the throttle
value
// if(DEBUG) {
// Serial.print(“X: “);
// Serial.println(xValue);
// Serial.print(“Y: “);
// Serial.println(yValue);
// Serial.print(“Throttle value”);
// Serial.println(throttleValue);
// }
// joySt.xAxis = random(255);
// joySt.yAxis = random(255);
// joySt.zAxis = random(255);
// joySt.xRotAxis = random(255);
// joySt.yRotAxis = random(255);
// joySt.zRotAxis = random(255);
// joySt.throttle = random(255);
// joySt.rudder = random(255);
//
// joySt.throttle++;
//
//
// joySt.buttons «= 1;
// if (joySt.buttons == 0)
// joySt.buttons = 1;
//
// joySt.hatSw1++;
// joySt.hatSw2–;
//
// if (joySt.hatSw1 > 8)
// joySt.hatSw1 = 0;
// if (joySt.hatSw2 > 8)
// joySt.hatSw2 = 8;
//
// delay(100);
//
// if (joySt.throttle > 127)
// digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
// else
// digitalWrite(13, LOW);
// Call Joystick.move
Joystick.setState(&joySt);
}
I need to figure out how to make a timer that actually counts well. I think. But, it is thanksgiving today, and I have two sick kids. I will have to return to this tomorrow. For now I will just think about it.
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