Arduino Knight Rider with Potentiometer

Circle Electronic Knight Rider

Jumper wires (generic)

Breadboard (generic)

Arduino IDE

Rotary potentiometer (generic)

Arduino UNO

<h3 >We will make Knight Rider car led animation with a potentiometer</h3><figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/e95c7e49-570b-4387-b708-28651e3d41e2.gif /><figcaption> </figcaption></figure>We all remember the technological car in the iconic television series Knight Rider. The most important feature of this car is that the LEDs on front of the car are constantly turn on one by one.<figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/6c56e1d1-bf54-425a-b7b5-203d8e7d055a.jpg /><figcaption>K.I.T.T.</figcaption></figure>For those who are new in Arduino and want to learn coding, it's time to learn how to make this animation with pot!<figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/717c78e3-7bff-4bcb-aae9-adebc696a918.jpg /><figcaption> </figcaption></figure>Don't mess with breadboard circuits for learning Arduino and coding, just connect the cables and start coding right now!<h3 >Meet the Circle Electronic NOOB Series Knight Rider!</h3><figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/2360c2a0-8920-4b53-96ad-ed87422d8f66.jpg /><figcaption> </figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.circleelectronic.com/knight-rider">https://www.circleelectronic.com/knight-rider</a><figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/4775875b-f735-43e2-a601-4cd86ad9c191.jpg /><figcaption> </figcaption></figure>What can you do?<figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/5ee9ceae-94ca-4b60-b990-f1cf305a64ae.gif /><figcaption>Knight Rider circuit LED Animation</figcaption></figure><h3 >How to make this animation with pot?</h3> Watch Youtube Video<div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9QmZmnchEUc" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe></figure></div> <figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/55d9264f-567f-471b-a205-44a9f9d724c6.jpg /><figcaption>Circuit Diagram</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.tinkercad.com/things/6KD66LWNaAa">https://www.tinkercad.com/things/6KD66LWNaAa</a>We will use 74hc595 Shift Register in this project.So, how to make this animation with shift register.<pre ><code >#define DATA 8 </code></pre>This is our code to make this animation with 74hc595. We will change this to make this with pot.We change it like it:<pre ><code >#define DATA 8 </code></pre>Now we will read the data from potWe will connect the pot middle pin to arduino analog 0 pin and read the datas<pre ><code >int pot=A0; </code></pre><figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/f5390e33-129a-4620-a7fb-17949492b79e.png /><figcaption> </figcaption></figure>These are the data we get after making the connection. When we change the potentiometer, we read a value in the range 0-1023. We have to convert these values to 0-11.We will use the map command to do this:<pre ><code >potvalue= map(potvalue,0,1023,0,11); </code></pre>Now we are changing our code:<pre ><code >#define DATA 8 </code></pre>The final version of this code.<h3 >That's it!</h3>Our Website: <a href="https://www.circleelectronic.com/">https://www.circleelectronic.com</a>Github Page: <a href="https://github.com/circleelectronic/Knight-Rider">https://github.com/circleelectronic/Knight-Rider</a>Blog Post: <a href="https://www.circleelectronic.com/post/arduino-knight-rider-with-potentiometer">https://www.circleelectronic.com/post/arduino-knight-rider-with-potentiometer</a>Tinkercad Project Link: <a href="https://www.tinkercad.com/things/6KD66LWNaAa">https://www.tinkercad.com/things/6KD66LWNaAa</a>Knight Rider Product Link: <a href="https://www.circleelectronic.com/knight-rider">https://www.circleelectronic.com/knight-rider</a>Tindie Product Link: <a href="https://www.tindie.com/products/circle/knight-rider/">https://www.tindie.com/products/circle/knight-rider/</a><h3 >Watch Knight Rider Circuit Video</h3><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/spA9FOLScQg" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe></figure></div>

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Circuit Diagram

Knight Rider Schematic

Arduino Knight Rider with Potentiometer

Recreate the LED animation of K.I.T.T. from the Knight Rider TV series with a potentiometer.