Created a magnetic cleaner using Teensy

I created a magnetic cleaner using Teensy :)

Materials: 
Wheels, motor and magnetic eraser.



Assembly (using glue gun)



Teensy

This time, I used Teensy LC. It's extremely tiny, but has the following spec:

ARM Cortex-M0+ processor at 48 MHz, 62K Flash, 8K RAM, 12 bit analog input & output, hardware Serial, SPI & I2C, USB, and a total of 27 I/O pins.

Pinouts of Teensy

Download Teensy Loader - which is an app that communicates with Teensy board.

LED lights up!

Solder legs:





Download Teensyduino - which is an add-on for Arduino software, this will enable us to talk with Tennsy board via Arduino.

Use Aruino's default "sweep" sample program, but amend a bit to control 2 wheels.

/* Sweep
 by BARRAGAN <http://barraganstudio.com>
 This example code is in the public domain.

 modified 8 Nov 2013
 by Scott Fitzgerald
 http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Sweep
*/

#include <Servo.h>

Servo servo1;  // create servo object to control servo 1
Servo servo2;  // create servo object to control servo 2

int pos = 0;    // variable to store the servo position

void setup()
{
  servo1.attach(9);  // attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object
  servo2.attach(10);  // attaches the servo on pin 10 to the servo object
}

void loop()
{
  for(pos = 0; pos <= 180; pos += 1) // goes from 0 degrees to 180 degrees
  {                                  // in steps of 1 degree
    servo1.write(pos);              // tell servo to go to position in variable 'pos'
     servo2.write(180 - pos);
    delay(15);                       // waits 15ms for the servo to reach the position
  }

  for(pos = 180; pos>=0; pos-=1)     // goes from 180 degrees to 0 degrees
  {                              
    servo1.write(pos);              // tell servo to go to position in variable 'pos'
     servo2.write(180 - pos);
    delay(15);                       // waits 15ms for the servo to reach the position
  }
}

Connect the pins on breadboard and connect with laptop and it works!



Next steps:
- Get a 5V battery so that I don't need to connect with laptop
- Hot Glue board and battery on the eraser so that cables don't get tangled
- Make a remote controler

Thanks to Greg Kielian for teaching me how to make this!

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -Fumi Yamazaki