Traffic Lights Using Atom Matrix Esp32

About the project

In this Tutorial we are going to make a Traffic Lights using ATOM Matrix ESP32. Watch the Video!

Project info

Difficulty: Easy

Platforms: ArduinoVisuinoM5Stack

Estimated time: 1 hour

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

Items used in this project

Hardware components

M5Stack ATOM Matrix ESP32 Development Kit M5Stack ATOM Matrix ESP32 Development Kit x 1

Software apps and online services

Visuino Visuino
Arduino IDE Arduino IDE

Story

Step 1: What You Will Need

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Step 2: Start Visuino, and Select the Atom Matrix Board Type

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Start Visuino as shown in the first picture Click on the "Tools" button on the Arduino component (Picture 1) in Visuino When the dialog appears, select "Atom Matrix" as shown on Picture 2

Step 3: In Visuino Add Components

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  • Add "Clock Generator" component
  • Add "Counter" component
  • Add "Integer Multi Source" component
  • Clock "Demux(Multiple Output channel Switch)" component
  • Add "Color Value" component
  • Add "Color Multi Source" component

Step 4: In Visuino Set Components

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  • Select "M5 Stack ATOM Matrix" board and in the properties window expand "Modules">"RGB Matrix">"Elements" and click on the 3 dots button
  • In the "Elements" window drag "Fill Screen" to the left side
  • Close the "Elements" window
  • Select "ClockGenerator1" and in the properties window set "Frequency" to 0.3
  • Select "Counter1" and in the properties window set "Max>Value" to 3 and "Min>Value" to 0
  • Select "ClockDemmux1" and in the properties window set "Output Pins" to 4
  • Double click on the "ColorValue1" and in the Elements window drag "Set Value" to the left side and in the properties window set "Value" to ClRed
  • in the Elements window drag another "Set Value" to the left side and in the properties window set "Value" to clYellow
  • in the Elements window drag another "Set Value" to the left side and in the properties window set "Value" to clGreen
  • in the Elements window drag another "Set Value" to the left side and in the properties window set "Value" to clYellow
  • Close the Elements window

Step 5: In Visuino Connect Components

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  • Connect "ClockGenerator1" pin [Out] to "Counter1" pin [In]
  • Connect "Counter1" pin [Out] to "IntegerMultiSource1" pin [In]
  • Connect "IntegerMultiSource1" pin [0] to "ClockDemmux1" pin [Select]
  • Connect "IntegerMultiSource1" pin [1] to "ClockDemmux1" pin [In]
  • Connect "ClockDemmux1" pin [0] to "ColorValue1" > "Set Value1" pin [In]
  • Connect "ClockDemmux1" pin [1] to "ColorValue1" > "Set Value2" pin [In]
  • Connect "ClockDemmux1" pin [2] to "ColorValue1" > "Set Value3" pin [In]
  • Connect "ClockDemmux1" pin [3] to "ColorValue1" > "Set Value4" pin [In]
  • Connect "ColorValue1" pin [Out] to "ColorMultiSource1" pin [In]
  • Connect "ColorMultiSource1" pin [0] to "M5 Stack ATOM Matrix" > "Fill Screen1" pin [In]
  • Connect "ColorMultiSource1" pin [0] to "M5 Stack ATOM Matrix" > "Fill Screen1" pin [Clock]

Step 6: Generate, Compile, and Upload the Arduino Code

In Visuino, at the bottom click on the "Build" Tab, make sure the correct port is selected, then click on the "Compile/Build and Upload" button.

Step 7: Play

If you power the ATOM Matrix module The Display will start to show the Traffic Lights.

Congratulations! You have completed your project with Visuino. Also attached is the Visuino project, that I created for this tutorial, you can download it and open it in Visuino: https://www.visuino.eu

Schematics, diagrams and documents

Visuino File

Code

Visuino File

Credits

Photo of Ron

Ron

Arduino Developer

   

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