Our Flora’s code

/*
jExample code for a Flora game controller with capacitive touch sensing! Full tutorial and video:

http://learn.adafruit.com/plush-game-controller/

Uses Modern Device’s Capacitive Sensing library: https://github.com/moderndevice/CapSense

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Written by Limor Fried & Becky Stern for Adafruit Industries.
BSD license, all text above must be included in any redistribution

*/
#include <CapPin.h>

CapPin cPin_10 = CapPin(10); // read pin 10 (D10 on Flora) – connect to NES B
CapPin cPin_9 = CapPin(9); // read pin 9 (D9 on Flora) – connect to NES A
CapPin cPin_6 = CapPin(6); // read pin 6 (D6 on Flora) – connect to NES Start
CapPin cPin_12 = CapPin(12); // read pin 12 (D12 on Flora) – connect to NES Select
CapPin cPin_1 = CapPin(1); // read pin 1 (TX on Flora) – connect to NES right
CapPin cPin_0 = CapPin(0); // read pin 0 (RX on Flora) – connect to NES up
CapPin cPin_2 = CapPin(2); // read pin 2 (SDA on Flora) – connect to NES left
CapPin cPin_3 = CapPin(3); // read pin 3 (SCL on Flora) – connect to NES down

CapPin pins[] = {cPin_10, cPin_9, cPin_6, cPin_12, cPin_1, cPin_0, cPin_2, cPin_3};
// check http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/KeyboardModifiers for more info on unique keys
// WASD D-pad, select = Return, start = Space, LeftButton = z, RightButton = x
//char Keys[] = { ‘t’, ‘z’, ‘ ‘, KEY_RETURN, ‘d’, ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘f’};

// arrow D-pad, select = Return, start = Space, LeftButton = b, RightButton = a
char Keys[] = {‘a’, ‘1’, ‘s’, ‘d’, ‘f’, ‘g’, ‘1’, ‘h’};

boolean currentPressed[] = {false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false};

// Capactive touch threashhold, you might want to mess with this if you find its too
// sensitive or not sensitive enough
#define THRESH 50

float smoothed[8] = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};

void setup()
{
//while (!Serial)
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println(“start”);
Keyboard.begin();
}

 

void loop()
{
for (int i=0;i<8;i++) {
delay(1);
long total1 = 0;
long start = millis();
long total = pins[i].readPin(2000);

// check if we are sensing that a finger is touching the pad
// and that it wasnt already pressed
if ((total > THRESH) && (! currentPressed[i])) {
Serial.print(“Key pressed #”); Serial.print(i);
Serial.print(” (“); Serial.print(Keys[i]); Serial.println(“)”);
currentPressed[i] = true;

Keyboard.press(Keys[i]);
}
else if ((total <= THRESH) && (currentPressed[i])) {
// key was released (no touch, and it was pressed before)
Serial.print(“Key released #”); Serial.print(i);
Serial.print(” (“); Serial.print(Keys[i]); Serial.println(“)”);
currentPressed[i] = false;

Keyboard.release(Keys[i]);
}

/*
// simple lowpass filter to take out some of the jitter
// change parameter (0 is min, .99 is max) or eliminate to suit
smoothed[i] = smooth(total, .8, smoothed[i]);

Serial.print(i); Serial.print(“: “);
Serial.print( millis() – start); // time to execute in mS
Serial.print(“ms \t”);
Serial.print(total); // raw total
Serial.print(“\t->\t”);
Serial.println((int) smoothed[i]); // smoothed
*/
delay(5);
}
}

// simple lowpass filter
// requires recycling the output in the “smoothedVal” param
int smooth(int data, float filterVal, float smoothedVal){

if (filterVal > 1){ // check to make sure param’s are within range
filterVal = .999999;
}
else if (filterVal <= 0){
filterVal = 0;
}

smoothedVal = (data * (1 – filterVal)) + (smoothedVal * filterVal);

return (int)smoothedVal;
}