Grove - Tilt Switch

The Grove-Tilt Switch is the equivalent of a button, and is used as a digital input. Inside the tilt switch is a pair of balls that make contact with the pins when the case is upright. Tilt the case over and the balls don't touch, thus not making a connection. It is wired to the SIG line, NC is not used on this Grove.
Model:COM22863P

Feature

Grove Interface
Easy to use
Simple Grove module

Specification

Item	Min	Typical	Max	Unit
Voltage	4.75	5.0	5.25	V
Connecting Angle	10° ~170°			-
Disconnect angle	190° ~350°			-
Electrical Life	100,000			Cycle

Usage

With Arduino

The SIG pin of the Grove - Tilt Switch output LOW normally. When the Tilt Switch is upright, a pair of balls inside the tilt switch will contact with the pins and the SIG pin will output HIGH.

The following sketch demonstrates a simple application of using the Tilt Switch and Grove - Button to control the led.

As the following picture indicates, the Tilt Switch is connected to digital port 5 of the Grove - Basic Shield and the Grove-Button to digital port 7. The LED is connected to digital port 2. The hardware installation is as follows:

Copy and paste code below to a new Arduino sketch.

void setup()
{
  pinMode(1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(5, INPUT);
  pinMode(7, INPUT);
}

void loop()
{
  
if (digitalRead(5)==HIGH)
  {
    digitalWrite(1, HIGH);
    delay(100);
    digitalWrite(1, LOW);
  }
  
  if (digitalRead(7)==HIGH)
  {
    digitalWrite(1, HIGH);
    delay(200);
    digitalWrite(1, LOW);
  } 

}

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Then the LED will light when you press the button or activate the tilt-switch. Have a try!

Reference

The Operate angle of Grove-Tilt Switch as shown below:

Note: The logo J1 in the Grove is as reference terminal.

With Raspberry Pi

1.You should have got a raspberry pi and a grovepi or grovepi+. 2.You should have completed configuring the development enviroment, otherwise follow here.

3.Connection

Plug Tilt_Switch into grovepi socket D3 by using a grove cable.

4.Navigate to the demos' directory:

   cd yourpath/GrovePi/Software/Python/

To see the code

   nano grovepi_tilt_switch.py   # "Ctrl+x" to exit #

import time
import grovepi

# Connect the Grove Tilt Switch to digital port D3
# SIG,NC,VCC,GND
tilt_switch = 3

grovepi.pinMode(tilt_switch,"INPUT")

while True:
    try:
        print grovepi.digitalRead(tilt_switch)
        time.sleep(.5)

    except IOError:
        print "Error"

5.Run the demo.

   sudo python grove_tilt_switch.py

6.Result Put the sensor upright by one side, the SIG pin will output HIGH.

Resource

Support

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