How does work piezo sensor – piezo sensor with Arduino UNO board.

Hello guys.Welcome back to my srituhobby blog. Today we will learn about piezo sensors. A Piezo sensor is a device used to measure changes in pressure, acceleration, temperature, strain, or force. It uses electric charges. The word piezo is a Greek word. It means ‘press’ or squeezes’.

Ok, let’s see how does work this sensor. This works on the principle of electric effect. Here the charge is collected on the metal plate and used to generate a voltage and send an electric current through a circuit. It is through this process that the sensor is activated.

This sensor is made using two plates. That is, made of a copper plate and ceramic plate. Especially, the negative wire should be connected to the copper plate and the positive wire to the ceramic plate. We can use this piezo sensor to get inputs and outputs.

Okay, now let’s see what applications use these sensors.

PIN pads
Key fobs.
Microwave.
Alarm clock.
Music instrument.

We will now learn how to use this sensor for input and output using two examples. For that, I’m using an Arduino UNO board. For the first time, we will now learn how to get input from the piezo sensor. Okay, here is the complete list of components we need. You can buy components easily using these links.

Components

Arduino UNO board x 1 — Banggood / Amazon
Piezo sensor x 1 — Banggood / Amazon
LED bulb x 5 — Banggood / Amazon
10k Resistor x 1 — Banggood / Amazon
180-ohm Resistor x 5 — Banggood / Amazon
Jumper wires — Banggood / Amazon
Breadboard x 1 — Banggood / Amazon

Let’s learn this example step by step.

Step 1

Let’s identify these components.

Arduino UNO board.

You can use any other Arduino board. This board is very easy to use.

Piezo sensor

Described above.

LED bulb

10K Resistor

180-ohm resistor

Jumper wires

Breadboard

Step 2

Now connect these components using the below circuit diagram.

Step 3

Ok, let’s look at the code below.

The complete program of this project – Download

/*Piezo sensor with Arduino.
  Serial monitor readings.
  created by the SriTu Tech team.
  Read the code below and use it for any of your creation
*/
 
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);//enable serial monitor
  for (byte a = 2; a <= 6; a++) {
    pinMode(a, OUTPUT);
  }
}
void loop() {
  int value = analogRead(A1);//read analog value and put in to the variable
  Serial.println(value);//print serial monitor
 
  for (int a = 1; a <= 5; a++) {
    if (value > a * 20) {
      digitalWrite(a + 1, HIGH);
    } else {
      digitalWrite(a + 1, LOW);
    }
  }
}

Step 4

Finally, select the correct board and upload this code. Use the pictures below for that.

Okay, the first example is just learned. Let us now learn the second example. In this example, we will learn how to get an output from the piezo sensor.

For this, we need the following components.

Arduino UNO board x 1 — Banggood / Amazon
Piezo sensor x 1 — Banggood / Amazon

Ok, let’s do this example step by step.

Step 1

First, connect these components. To do this, use the circuit diagram below.

Step 2

Then look at the code below.

The first time you need to install the tone library. For that, using the below link and download it.

Tone library — Download

The complete program of this project – Download

/*tone generate.
  created by the SriTu Tech team.
  Read the code below and use it for any of your creation
*/
 
#include "pitches.h"//tone library
 
void setup() {
  //Don't need setup function 
}
 
void loop() {
  Toneone();
  delay(100);
  Tonetwo();
  delay(100);
  Tonethree();
  delay(100);
  Tonefour();
  delay(100);
}
 
void Toneone() {
  int melody[] = { //tone array
    NOTE_C4, NOTE_G3, NOTE_G3, NOTE_A3, NOTE_G3, 0,
    NOTE_B3, NOTE_B3, NOTE_B3, NOTE_B3, NOTE_A3, NOTE_G3,
    NOTE_B3, NOTE_B3, NOTE_B3, NOTE_B3, NOTE_A3, NOTE_G3,
    NOTE_C4, NOTE_G3, NOTE_G3, NOTE_G3, 0
  };
 
  int noteDurations[] = {4, 8, 8, 4, 4, 4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 4, 4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 4, 4, 4, 8, 8, 4, 4};
 
  for (int thisNote = 0; thisNote < 23; thisNote++) {
    int noteDuration = 1000 / noteDurations[thisNote];
    tone(3, melody[thisNote], noteDuration); //play tone
    int pauseBetweenNotes = noteDuration * 1.30;
    delay(pauseBetweenNotes);//delay
    noTone(3);//tone off
  }
}
void Tonetwo() {
  int melody2[] = {NOTE_GS7, NOTE_DS8, NOTE_GS7, 0, NOTE_DS8, NOTE_DS8, 0, NOTE_GS7, NOTE_GS7};
 
  int noteDurations[] = {4, 8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 4, 4, 4};
 
  for (int thisNote = 0; thisNote < 9; thisNote++) {
    int noteDuration = 1000 / noteDurations[thisNote];
    tone(3, melody2[thisNote], noteDuration);
    int pauseBetweenNotes = noteDuration * 1.30;
    delay(pauseBetweenNotes);
    noTone(3);
  }
 
}
void Tonethree() {
  int melody3[] = {NOTE_GS6, NOTE_A6, NOTE_AS6, NOTE_B6, NOTE_C7,
                   NOTE_CS7, NOTE_D7, NOTE_DS7, NOTE_E7
                  };
 
  int noteDurations[] = {4, 8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 4, 4, 4};
 
  for (int thisNote = 0; thisNote < 9; thisNote++) {
    int noteDuration = 1000 / noteDurations[thisNote];
    tone(3, melody3[thisNote], noteDuration);
    int pauseBetweenNotes = noteDuration * 1.30;
    delay(pauseBetweenNotes);
    noTone(3);
  }
 
}
 
void Tonefour() {
  int melody4[] = {  NOTE_F5, NOTE_C6, NOTE_AS5, NOTE_C6, NOTE_AS5, NOTE_C6, NOTE_GS5,
                     NOTE_AS5, NOTE_C6, NOTE_AS5, NOTE_GS5, NOTE_FS5, NOTE_F5, NOTE_C6,
                     NOTE_AS5, NOTE_C6, NOTE_AS5, NOTE_C6, NOTE_GS5, NOTE_AS5, NOTE_C6,
                     NOTE_AS5, NOTE_F5, NOTE_C6, NOTE_AS5, NOTE_C6, NOTE_AS5, NOTE_C6,
                     NOTE_GS5, NOTE_AS5, NOTE_C6, NOTE_AS5, NOTE_GS5, NOTE_FS5, NOTE_DS5,
                     NOTE_F5, NOTE_FS5, NOTE_GS5, NOTE_FS5, NOTE_F5, NOTE_DS5, NOTE_FS5, NOTE_F5
                  };
 
  int noteDurations[] = {4, 8, 4, 8, 8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 4, 8, 4, 8, 8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 2, 4, 8, 4, 8, 8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 4, 8, 2};
 
  for (int thisNote = 0; thisNote < 43; thisNote++) {
    int noteDuration = 1000 / noteDurations[thisNote];
    tone(3, melody4[thisNote], noteDuration);
    int pauseBetweenNotes = noteDuration * 1.30;
    delay(pauseBetweenNotes);
    noTone(3);
  }
 
}

The first time you need to install the tone library. For that, using the below link and download it.

Tone library — Download

Step 3

Finally, select the correct board and upload this code.

So I think you will learn something from this article. Please watch the full video guide below. We will meet in the next article. Have a good day. Bye-bye.

How does work piezo sensor – piezo sensor with Arduino UNO board.

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