#made with code

Unfortunately, it took longer than expected.

This was supposed to be ready for June 21, Kaito Kid's birthday. Sorry for the delay.

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Happy Late Birthday

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This is so inspiring. Going to check out her TEDTalk now <3

I’m building an ultra high vacuum system, and have been accruing parts over time. I just recently wrote my first arduino program, a program that takes the voltage from the gauge, and converts it to a pressure reading in torr via a logarithmic scale equation.

The code is quite simple, thanks to the help of PaulRB and the fantastic arduino community forums!

#include <LiquidCrystal.h> #include <math.h> // initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2); // the setup routine runs once when you press reset:    void setup() {      // initialize serial communication at 9600 bits per second:      Serial.begin(9600);      pinMode(A0, INPUT);              //A0 is set as input      #define PRESSURE_SENSOR A0;            lcd.begin(16, 2);      lcd.print("MKS  Instruments");      lcd.setCursor(0, 1);      lcd.print("IMT Cold Cathode");      delay(6500);      lcd.clear();      lcd.print("Gauge Pressure:");          } // the loop routine runs over and over again forever:      void loop() {      float v = analogRead(A0);        //v is input voltage set as floating point unit on analogRead      v = v * 10.0 / 1024;             //v is 0-5v divider voltage measured from 0 to 1024 calculated to 0v to 10v scale      float p = pow(10, v - 11.000);   //p is pressure in torr, which is represented by k in the equation [P=10^(v-k)] which is-                                       // -11.000 (K  = 11.000 for Torr, 10.875 for mbar, 8.000 for microns, 8.875 for Pascal)       Serial.print(v);       char pressureE[8];       dtostre(p, pressureE, 1, 0);        // scientific format with 1 decimal places             lcd.setCursor(0, 1);       lcd.print(pressureE);       lcd.print(" Torr");    }

The code simply sets A0 as a floating point unit for voltage, which is 0-5v from the voltage divider. Then it is calculated back up to a 10v scale and interpolated using an equation based on the voltage/pressure table provided by the manufacturer.

The equation is P=10^(v-k) where p is pressure, v is voltage on a 10v scale and k is the unit, in this case torr, represented by 11.000. It calculates that in floating point, then displays it on an LCD screen in scientific notation using dtostre.