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Revision as of 11:59, 1 April 2015
Contents
2 Sensor: Ring Setup at 2 different Levels
1 Sensor: Continous Setup
Below you see some measurements using the QTouchADC capacitive sensing to monitor water level in a tube. During the measurement, I raise the level of the water in discret steps and then let it empty again. In the last part I physically touch my laptop or/and the wires between the arduino and the electrodes. The capacitive sensing seems to be ok to measure the water level from the outside, but of course there is major errors when you touch anything near the cables aswell. hmmmm... maybe shielded wires?
Having the electrode inside the tube gives me a much larger reading and less noise, but is not always wanted or possible in a real world setup.
Non-contact electrodes are mounted on the outside of the tube on both side, one connected to the QTouch.sense channel the other to GND.
Much more noise is present the laptop is plugged in and connected to the main power.
2 Sensor: Ring Setup at 2 different Levels
