dialIndicatorToSerial
Arduino based digital dial indicator (caliper) logger
Usage:
- connect your dial indicator (caliper) DATA and CLOCK outputs to analog inputs A0 and A1
- run program on your arduino board
- open the arduino port monitor and set baud rate to 115200
Tested on:
- arduino nano (atmega328)
- cheap Chinese digital dial indicator (12.7mm, 0.01mm precision)
UART Output:
$ minicom -b 115200 -D /dev/ttyUSB0
15052 ms 1.47 mm
15177 ms 1.52 mm
15302 ms 1.52 mm
15427 ms 1.83 mm
15552 ms -3.07 mm
...
18675 ms 0.1835 in
18800 ms 0.1820 in
18925 ms 0.1805 in
19074 ms 0.1780 in
Related materials
- program is based on http://wei48221.blogspot.tw/2016/01/using-digital-caliper-for-digital-read_21.html
- https://hackaday.io/project/511-digital-dial-indicator-cnc-surface-probe
![chinese dial indicator](https://github.com/stawel/dialIndicatorToSerial/raw/master/docs/chineseDialIndicator.jpg)