Ive only been able to get A0-A3 to work, Ive tried A8, A7 on the other side of board and a10 on the same side as the a0-a3, no matter what i do it only works 4 dials on the A0-A3, Ive made the changes in the files and like i said 4/5 work, am i missing something, Does anyoone know if there is something else i
need to do for the pro micro?
#Pro Micro trouble getting 5th dial to work,
chrome mirage
rare oriole
Hi @chrome mirage, it's possible that you have a pot that isn't working correctly - have you tried swapping it out for another?
You can also use a multimeter to measure to make sure it's hooked up correctly at the electronics level
chrome mirage
hello, yes they al work on my pro, i just want this one to weork with micro because build is already done
thanks for reply
rare oriole
It would also be helpful if you described and/or showed a serial monitor sample illustrating what isnt working
chrome mirage
om i can do that hang on
chrome mirage
The green lines are the ones that work a0-a3 the red lines show the different pins that I’ve also tried for the fifth knob no matter what I do I can only get four to show up in the software even when I change the set up files to show 5 so I don’t know if it’s something with this board if I’m doing it wrong or what I’ve tried a 7-10
When I replace the pro mice with the pro that has more A0,12335 numbers it works. The Pro just have has a different end and it won’t work for my project.
Here is the pro in place of the micro working them all obviously the pins are moved on the board for testing
chrome mirage
A0, A1, A2, A3, A9, A10, A8
DEPENDINGN THE PIN I WAS TRING
TRYING
HERE IS THE FIOLES WORKING ON THE PRO SHOWINH ALL KNOBS WORK OOPS SRY BOUT CAPS
rare oriole
umm, I am reading online that you can only use A0 to A5 on the pro micro
it surprises me but that's what it says
rare oriole
you're right. hold on, i'm super confused rn
chrome mirage
i appreciate the help, i really do
rare oriole
sorry, I'm just not sure what to tell you to try. you could theoretically try pin 4 (A6) or 6 (A7) as you haven't mentioned trying those, but it's weird that all the others are giving you trouble
chrome mirage
ok, good idea, i will thanks again,
rare oriole
can I ask how it looks in the serial monitor when you try those pins? is 1 of the pots just always 0/1023/unstable?
chrome mirage
no it only shows, 0|0|0|0, like the 5th doesnt exist
rare oriole
ohhh
wait, that tells me that you never really uploaded your sketch successfully to this board
because with the file in your screenshot.. you'd see 5 numbers
did you actually flash it with the arduino sketch? maybe forgotten to do that?
chrome mirage
whjen i turn the dials they go up to 1017, just not the 5th one, and ive loaded it up
approx 1017
serene scaffold
If the 5th one doesn't show up; ie, 0|0|0|0 (and not 0|0|0|0|0), then double check your num_sliders = 5.
Even if the analog input isn't reading correctly, it's not iterating the 5th time through the loop to send it over the serial.
chrome mirage
i got it to show 5 numbers now, just no response when i turn the 5th dial
rare oriole
no, but, if you only have 4 numbers, something's off.. yeah. even if the pot is not attached correctly there would be a 5th number if you successfully uploaded the file in your screenshot from above
oh okay
serene scaffold
ok, 5 numbers being printed now, good.
Can you screenshot your output/code again?
serene scaffold
I'd recommend swapping the wires coming to your input A3 and A4.
See if the problem moves. Then you know if it's a problem with your pot/wiring
rare oriole
but, are you sure that you actually flashed versions with different pins than A4? because until now you said there were 4 numbers
there should have been 5 in all your attempts. if there weren't it means those pins could've been working fine
chrome mirage
i got it, i tried 6 which is A7,
this layout helped me figure it out, and you guy asking me questions thanks so much
serene scaffold
oh, lol.
A4 isn't exposed to an external pin 😛
chrome mirage
you guys i meant, i appreciate you, thanks
serene scaffold
I assume you had the wire connected to "4"
That means it should be {A0, A1, A2, A3, A6}
Personally, I don't like using named pins, I just use the GPIO number
rare oriole
like "5"?
serene scaffold
In this example, my array would be {18, 19, 20, 21, 4}.
Doing that, rather than referring to the Ax pins
chrome mirage
its A7 on pin 6 weird