Quick Start Guide

MINIATURE FORCE SENSORS

SingleTact

QUICK START GUIDE

V1.

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1.3 Digital Output Setup (cont.)

2. Taking Measurements

4. Open the Arduino IDE software:

a. Go to File > Open and open “SingleTact Demo.ino”

b. Go to Sketch > Include Library > Add .zip Library and select

“Timer1.zip”

c. Go to Sketch > Verify/Compile

d. Go to Sketch > Upload

5. You should see “Done uploading” in the green bar

a. If you receive an error, make sure the Arduino is selected

under Tools > Port

6. Connect the sensor to the Interface Board as described in

section 1.1

7. Connect the following SingleTact Interface Board Pins to the

Arduino pins:

a. Pin 1 to the Arduino 5V pin

b. Pin 8 to the Arduino GND pin

c. Pin 3 to Arduino pin A5 (SCL)

d. Pin 6 to Arduino pin A4 (SDA)

The SingleTact Data Acquisition (DAQ) software is the graphic

user interface (GUI) and recording tool for SingleTact pressure

sensors.

1. Download the executable app from:

http://www.singletact.com/software-download/download-links/

2. Connect the assembled SingleTact system to the PC

3. Run ‘SingleTact Demo.exe’

4. The sensor data will be shown on the GUI graph

a. You can choose whether to interface with a single sensor

or all sensors at once

b. The sensor data can be saved as a .CSV file for later

analysis using the GUI

NOTE: USB communication may need additional

driver installation from the Arduino software package.

Open SingleTactDemo.ino

in the Arduino IDE

Make sure Time.h is in

your libraries folder

Select the correct board

type and COMM port

You are now ready to use your SingleTact system to make pressure and force measurements!