Arduino Back Scratcher Plotter
Digitally ditch the itch --


Currently embracing a sans-work shop and poverty driven cardboard kick for the gluttony of least-interesting of novelty projects now done solely for critical thinking posterity -- other wise known as boredom.

Unable to reach that nook and/or cranny? Open the Back Scratcher Plotter app on your mobile device and identify the spot where then the X/Y axis is sent via bluetooth to the Arduino Uno affixed to the BSP prototype (sly analogy for rubbish) which then actuates to your -- you know what? Stop wasting your time sitting there even reading this nonsense and go some where -- like Typhoon Lagoon!

Ingredients
1. Arduino Uno
2. Bluetooth Module
3. (2) Servos
4. Motor
5. Cardboard
6. String
7. Masking Tape
8. Power Supply
9. Pulley
10. MIT App Inventor



Back-end Code
// Back Scratcher Plotter
// Vije Miller

#include <Servo.h>
#include <Stepper.h>

// Scratcher
const int stepsrev = 32;
Stepper scratch(stepsrev, 2, 4, 3, 5);

// For Bluetooth Data
String readString, xaxisdata, yaxisdata;

// X Axis
Servo xaxis;
// Y Axis
Servo yaxis;

int xpos = 90;
int ypos = 90; // Stall
int stall = 90;
int yup = 75;
int ydown = 105;
int pos = 90;

void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
// Max(?) Speed
scratch.setSpeed(800);
xaxis.attach(6);
yaxis.attach(7);
xaxis.write(xpos);
yaxis.write(ypos);
}

void loop() {

// Bluetooth Data X-Y Axis String?
while (Serial.available()) {
delay(10);
if (Serial.available() > 0) {
char c = Serial.read();
readString += c;
}
}

if (readString.length() > 0) {
// Serial.println(readString);
// X-Y Axis Combined Sent (ex. 368124)
// First 3 Digits
xaxisdata = readString.substring(0, 3);
// Next 3 Digits
yaxisdata = readString.substring(4, 6);

// Convert String to Int
int prexpos = xaxisdata.toInt();
int preypos = yaxisdata.toInt();

// X-Y Based on 480x800 Phone Dimension & MIT App
// X 100 to 350 High 170 to 320 Low
// Y 220 to 560
// Map X to xPos (Actual)
xpos = map(prexpos, 100, 350, 120, 60);
// Map Y to yPos (Delay)
ypos = map(preypos, 220, 560, 0, 6300);

}

// Final Routine
if (readString.length() > 0) {
if (xpos > 90) {
for (pos = 90; pos <= xpos; pos += 1) {
xaxis.write(pos);
delay(40);
}
}
else if (xpos < 90) {
for (pos = 90; pos >= xpos; pos -= 1) {
xaxis.write(pos);
delay(40);
}
}
yaxis.write(yup);
delay(ypos);
yaxis.write(stall);
// Scratch 2048 Steps = 1 Revolution (2 Up/Down)
// Used Stepper bcz Spare Parts -- Sigh!
// 2048 x 7 Seconds = 14336 Steps
scratch.step(14336);

// Return to Start
if (xpos > 90) {
for (pos = xpos; pos >= xpos; pos -= 1) {
xaxis.write(pos);
delay(40);
}
}
else if (xpos < 90) {
for (pos = xpos; pos <= xpos; pos += 1) {
xaxis.write(pos);
delay(40);
}
}
yaxis.write(ydown);
delay(ypos);
yaxis.write(stall);
}

// Reset
readString = "";
}

Archive
https://hackaday.com/2017/05/07/anatomically-correct-plotter-avoids-back-scratch-fever/
https://hackaday.io/project/21527-arduino-back-scratcher-plotter

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