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FINAL-PROJECT.ino
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#define analogPin 0 // analog pin for measuring capacitor voltage
#define chargePin 13 // pin to charge the capacitor - connected to one end of the charging resistor
#define dischargePin 11 // pin to discharge the capacitor
#define resistorValue 10000.0F // change this to whatever resistor value you are using
// F formatter tells compliler it's a floating point value
unsigned long startTime;
unsigned long elapsedTime;
float microFarads; // floating point variable to preserve precision, make calculations
float nanoFarads;
void setup(){
pinMode(chargePin, OUTPUT); // set chargePin to output
digitalWrite(chargePin, LOW);
Serial.begin(9600); // initialize serial transmission for debugging
}
void loop(){
digitalWrite(chargePin, HIGH); // set chargePin HIGH and capacitor charging
startTime = millis();
while(analogRead(analogPin) < 648){
// 647 is 63.2% of 1023, which corresponds to full-scale voltage
}
elapsedTime= millis() - startTime;
// convert milliseconds to seconds ( 10^-3 ) and Farads to microFarads ( 10^6 ), net 10^3 (1000)
microFarads = ((float)elapsedTime / resistorValue) * 1000;
Serial.print(elapsedTime); // print the value to serial port
Serial.print(" mS "); // print units and carriage return
if (microFarads > 1){
Serial.print((long)microFarads); // print the value to serial port
Serial.println(" microFarads"); // print units and carriage return
}
else
{
// if value is smaller than one microFarad, convert to nanoFarads (10^-9 Farad).
// This is a workaround because Serial.print will not print floats
nanoFarads = microFarads * 1000.0; // multiply by 1000 to convert to nanoFarads (10^-9 Farads)
Serial.print((long)nanoFarads); // print the value to serial port
Serial.println(" nanoFarads"); // print units and carriage return
}
/* dicharge the capacitor */
digitalWrite(chargePin, LOW); // set charge pin to LOW
pinMode(dischargePin, OUTPUT); // set discharge pin to output
digitalWrite(dischargePin, LOW); // set discharge pin LOW
while(analogRead(analogPin) > 0){ // wait until capacitor is completely discharged
}
pinMode(dischargePin, INPUT); // set discharge pin back to input
}