Universal Arduino Staccato controller for SSTC and VTCC Tesla Coils

1// Staccato controller for Vacuum Tube Tesla Coil (VTTC)
2// Ver 1
3// 1.9.2023 - Kaj Luukko
4
5const int pinAC = A1;         // 50 Hz half wave input pin A1
6const int potInterval = A2;   // Potentiometer for intervall pin A2
7const int potLenght = A3;     // Potentiometer for lenght pin A3
8const int potDelay = A4;      // Potentiometer for delay pin A4
9const int outPinTriac = 12;   // Digital out pin 12 for triac
10const int outPinLED = 13;     // Digital out pin 13 for LED
11const int inButton = 2;       // Push button input digital pin 2
12int i = 0;
13
14void setup() {
15  pinMode(pinAC, INPUT);
16  pinMode(potInterval, INPUT);
17  pinMode(outPinTriac, OUTPUT);
18  pinMode(outPinLED, OUTPUT);
19  pinMode(inButton, INPUT);
20  digitalWrite(outPinTriac, LOW);
21  digitalWrite(outPinLED, LOW);
22}
23
24void loop() {
25  while (analogRead(pinAC) < 15){}
26    if (digitalRead(inButton) == HIGH) {
27    fire();
28    while (digitalRead(inButton) == HIGH) {}
29  }
30  i = i + 1;
31  if ((i >= map(analogRead(potInterval),0,1020,50,0)) && (analogRead(potInterval) > 10)){
32    fire();
33    i = 0;
34  }
35  if (i > 0){
36    while (analogRead(pinAC)>15){}
37  }
38}
39
40void fire() {
41  for (int ii=0; ii<map(analogRead(potLenght),0,1020,25,1); ii++) {
42      delayMicroseconds(map(analogRead(potDelay),0,1020,0,9000));
43      digitalWrite(outPinTriac, HIGH);
44      digitalWrite(outPinLED, HIGH);
45      delay(1);
46      digitalWrite(outPinTriac, LOW);
47      while (analogRead(pinAC) > 15){}
48      digitalWrite(outPinLED, LOW);
49      while (analogRead(pinAC) < 15){}  
50      
51  }
52}