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Counting Steps using Arduino and Accelerometer

Let's see how to build an easy DIY Pedometer with the help of Arduino and accelerometer.

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The project describes how to count total steps using Arduino and an accelerometer

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A pedometer is a device that is only utilized to count footsteps. It will count the total number of footsteps and show them on a 16x2 LCD module. It can be incorporated with Arduino Smart Watch.

ADXL335 Accelerometer

It is basically a complete 3-axis Analog accelerometer that works on capacitive sensing.ADXL335 accelerometer can estimate static and dynamic acceleration.

The working principle of this is to convert acceleration in any direction to its specific variable voltage.

Pedometer working

It measures the total no of footsteps with the help of three components of motion that are forward, vertical as well as side. The pedometer system utilizes an accelerometer to obtain these values. Below are the steps that the pedometer follow:

  • It starts the calibration as soon as it gets actuated at the initial level.
  • Then it constantly gets the data from X, Y, and Z-axis.
  • Then it estimates the total acceleration vector from the starting point.
  • The acceleration vector is basically the square root of the X, Y, and Z-axis values.
  • Then it differentiates the average acceleration values from the threshold values to calculate the total step number.
  • If it crosses the threshold value, then it improves the step count.

  • 1 × Arduino Nano R3
  • 1 × ADXL 335 Accelerometer
  • 1 × 16*2 LCD
  • 1 × I2C 16x2 Arduino LCD Display Module

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    Run a Program

    #include
    LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27, 16, 2);
    const int xpin = A1;
    const int ypin = A2;
    const int zpin = A3;
    byte p[8] = {
    0x1F,
    0x1F,
    0x1F,
    0x1F,
    0x1F,
    0x1F,
    0x1F,
    0x1F
    };
    float threshold = 6;
    float xval[100] = {0};
    float yval[100] = {0};
    float zval[100] = {0};
    float xavg, yavg, zavg;
    int steps, flag = 0;
    void setup()
    {
    Serial.begin(9600);
    lcd.begin();
    lcd.backlight();
    lcd.clear();
    calibrate();
    }
    void loop()
    {
    for (int w = 0; w < 16; w++) {
    lcd.write(byte(0));
    delay(500);
    }
    int acc = 0;
    float totvect[100] = {0};
    float totave[100] = {0};
    float xaccl[100] = {0};
    float yaccl[100] = {0};
    float zaccl[100] = {0};
    for (int a = 0; a < 100; a++)
    {
    xaccl[a] = float(analogRead(xpin) - 345);
    delay(1);
    yaccl[a] = float(analogRead(ypin) - 346);
    delay(1);
    zaccl[a] = float(analogRead(zpin) - 416);
    delay(1);
    totvect[a] = sqrt(((xaccl[a] - xavg) * (xaccl[a] - xavg)) + ((yaccl[a] - yavg) * (yaccl[a] - yavg)) + ((zval[a] - zavg) * (zval[a] - zavg)));
    totave[a] = (totvect[a] + totvect[a - 1]) / 2 ;
    Serial.println("totave[a]");
    Serial.println(totave[a]);
    delay(100);
    if (totave[a] > threshold && flag == 0)
    {
    steps = steps + 1;
    flag = 1;
    }
    else if (totave[a] > threshold && flag == 1)
    {
    // Don't Count
    }
    if (totave[a] < threshold && flag == 1)
    {
    flag = 0;
    }
    if (steps < 0) {
    steps = 0;
    }
    Serial.println('\n');
    Serial.print("steps: ");
    Serial.println(steps);
    lcd.print("Steps: ");
    lcd.print(steps);
    delay(1000);
    lcd.clear();
    }
    delay(1000);
    }
    void calibrate()
    {
    float sum = 0;
    float sum1 = 0;
    float sum2 = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
    xval[i] = float(analogRead(xpin) - 345);
    sum = xval[i] + sum;
    }
    delay(100);
    xavg = sum / 100.0;
    Serial.println(xavg);
    for (int j = 0; j < 100; j++)
    {
    yval[j] = float(analogRead(ypin) - 346);
    sum1 = yval[j] + sum1;
    }
    yavg = sum1 / 100.0;
    Serial.println(yavg);
    delay(100);
    for (int q = 0; q < 100; q++)
    {
    zval[q] = float(analogRead(zpin) - 416);
    sum2 = zval[q] + sum2;
    }
    zavg = sum2 / 100.0;
    delay(100);
    Serial.println(zavg);
    }

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