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Most Useless Box Ever

Made by hammer-tech / Displays / Robotics / Sensors

About the project

Hello friends, In this project, I will show you How to make a Useless box with an LCD Display using Arduino. Full video tutorial : https://youtu.be/9m1JvDdJ3fg Materials used. Arduino UNO Servo motors Breadboard 1602 LCD display Toggle switch 10K & 220-ohm Resistors 10K Potent

Project info

Difficulty: Easy

Platforms: Arduino

Estimated time: 2 hours

License: GNU General Public License, version 3 or later (GPL3+)

Items used in this project

Hardware components

	Arduino Uno - R3	x 1
	I2C 1602 Arduino LCD Screen	x 1
	On-Off Power Button / Pushbutton Toggle Switch	x 1
	Micro Servo	x 1
	Jumper Wire Kit - 140pcs	x 1

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	Craft knife	x 1
	Hot glue	x 1

Story

Hello friends,

In this video, I will show you How to make a Useless box with an LCD Display using Arduino.

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Code

Arduino code

//HAMMER TECH
#include <Servo.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
Servo handServo;
Servo boxServo;

int switchStatus=0, action=1, vot, randNumber=0;
const int ledPin = 13;
const int frontSwitchPin = 2;
const int handServoPin = 5;
const int boxServoPin = 6;
const int rs = 7, en = 8, d4 = 9, d5 = 10, d6 = 11, d7 = 12;
LiquidCrystal lcd(rs, en, d4, d5, d6, d7);
void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  lcd.begin(16, 2);
  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
  
  handServo.attach(handServoPin);
  boxServo.attach(boxServoPin);
  handServo.write(180);
  boxServo.write(70);

  //randomSeed(analogRead(0));
}


void loop()
{
  switchStatus = digitalRead(frontSwitchPin);
  //action = random(1,16);
  
  if (switchStatus == LOW){
    
    if (action == 1)
    {
      Serial.println("Action 1");
      lcd.setCursor(1,0); 
      lcd.print("DON'T PUSH THE");
      lcd.setCursor(5,2);
      lcd.print("SWITCH !");
      for (int i = 70; i <= 110; i++)
      {
        boxServo.write(i);
        delay(20);
      }
      for (int i = 180; i <= 35; i--)
      {
        handServo.write(i);
        delay(20);
      }
      delay(1000);
      handServo.write(26);
      delay(200);
      for (int i = 26; i <=180; i++)

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