{"id":4712,"date":"2026-02-12T08:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/?p=4712"},"modified":"2026-02-12T08:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:52:07","slug":"project-28-sensors-tilt-switch-mk28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/?p=4712","title":{"rendered":"Project #28 \u2013 Sensors \u2013 Tilt Switch \u2013 Mk28"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 1200px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4712-1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03W.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03W.mp4\">https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03W.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>#DonLucElectronics #DonLuc #TiltSwitch #FireBeetle2ESP32E #ESP32 #Display #IoT #Project #Fritzing #Programming #Electronics #Microcontrollers #Consultant<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03a.jpg\" alt=\"Tilt Switch\" width=\"720\" height=\"665\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03a.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03a-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03b.jpg\" alt=\"Tilt Switch\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03b.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03b-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03c.jpg\" alt=\"Tilt Switch\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03c.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL2602Mk03c-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crowtail &#8211; Tilt Switch 2.0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Crowtail &#8211;  Tilt Switch is a sensor to detect the station of forwards. It outputs logic LOW in the Horizontal direction and logic HIHG in the vertical direction. Inside the tilt, switch is a pair of balls that make contact with the pins when in the case of vertical. Tilt the case over and the balls don&#8217;t touch, thus not making a connection. <\/p>\n<p><strong>DL2602Mk03<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 x DFRobot FireBeetle 2 ESP32-E<br \/>\n1 x Fermion: 3.5\u201d 480&#215;320 TFT LCD Capacitive<br \/>\n1 x GDL Line 10 CM<br \/>\n1 x Crowtail &#8211; Tilt Switch 2.0<br \/>\n1 x Crowtail &#8211; LED Green<br \/>\n1 x Gravity: IO Shield for FireBeetle 2<br \/>\n1 x Terminal Block Board for FireBeetle 2 ESP32-E IoT<br \/>\n1 x Lithium Ion Battery &#8211; 1000mAh<br \/>\n1 x Micro USB Cable<\/p>\n<p><strong>DL2602Mk03p<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DL2602Mk03p.ino<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"arduino\" data-enlighter-title=\"\">\r\n\/****** Don Luc Electronics \u00a9 ******\r\nSoftware Version Information\r\nProject #28 \u2013 Sensors \u2013 Tilt Switch\u2013 Mk28\r\n28-28\r\nDL2602Mk03p.ino\r\nDL2602Mk03\r\n1 x DFRobot FireBeetle 2 ESP32-E\r\n1 x Fermion: 3.5\u201d 480x320 TFT LCD Capacitive\r\n1 x GDL Line 10 CM\r\n1 x Crowtail - Tilt Switch 2.0\r\n1 x Crowtail - LED Green\r\n1 x Gravity: IO Shield for FireBeetle 2\r\n1 x Terminal Block Board for FireBeetle 2 ESP32-E IoT\r\n1 x Lithium Ion Battery - 1000mAh\r\n1 x Micro USB Cable\r\n*\/\r\n\r\n\/\/ Include the Library Code\r\n\/\/ EEPROM Library to Read and Write EEPROM with Unique ID for Unit\r\n#include &quot;EEPROM.h&quot;\r\n\/\/ DFRobot Display GDL API\r\n#include &lt;DFRobot_GDL.h&gt;\r\n\r\n\/\/ Tilt Switch\r\n\/\/ LED Green\r\nint iLEDG = D11;\r\n\/\/ Tilt Switch\r\nint iTilt =  D10;\r\nString sT = &quot;&quot;;\r\n\r\n\/\/ Defined ESP32\r\n#define TFT_DC  D2\r\n#define TFT_CS  D6\r\n#define TFT_RST D3\r\n\r\n\/*dc=*\/ \/*cs=*\/ \/*rst=*\/\r\n\/\/ DFRobot Display 320x480\r\nDFRobot_ILI9488_320x480_HW_SPI screen(TFT_DC, TFT_CS, TFT_RST);\r\n\r\n\/\/ Software Version Information\r\n\/\/ EEPROM Unique ID Information\r\n#define EEPROM_SIZE 64\r\nString uid = &quot;&quot;;\r\n\r\n\/\/ Software Version Information\r\nString sver = &quot;28-28&quot;;\r\n\r\nvoid loop() {\r\n  \r\n  \/\/ Tilt Switch\r\n  isTilt();\r\n\r\n  \/\/ isDisplay Tilt\r\n  isDisplayTilt();\r\n\r\n  \/\/ Delay 1 Second\r\n  delay( 1000 );\r\n\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><strong>getDisplay.ino<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"arduino\" data-enlighter-title=\"\">\r\n\/\/ DFRobot Display 320x480\r\n\/\/ DFRobot Display 320x480 - UID\r\nvoid isDisplayUID(){\r\n\r\n  \/\/ DFRobot Display 320x480\r\n  \/\/ Text Display\r\n  \/\/ Text Wrap\r\n  screen.setTextWrap(false);\r\n  \/\/ Rotation\r\n  screen.setRotation(3);\r\n  \/\/ Fill Screen =&gt; black\r\n  screen.fillScreen(0x0000);\r\n  \/\/ Text Color =&gt; white\r\n  screen.setTextColor(0xffff);\r\n  \/\/ Font =&gt; Free Sans Bold 12pt\r\n  screen.setFont(&amp;FreeSansBold12pt7b);\r\n  \/\/ TextSize =&gt; 1.5\r\n  screen.setTextSize(1.5);\r\n  \/\/ Don Luc Electronics\r\n  screen.setCursor(0, 30);\r\n  screen.println(&quot;Don Luc Electronics&quot;);\r\n  \/\/ Tilt Switch\r\n  screen.setCursor(0, 60);\r\n  screen.println(&quot;Tilt Switch&quot;);\r\n  \/\/ Version\r\n  screen.setCursor(0, 90);\r\n  screen.println(&quot;Version&quot;);\r\n  screen.setCursor(0, 120);\r\n  screen.println( sver );\r\n  \/\/ EEPROM\r\n  screen.setCursor(0, 150);\r\n  screen.println(&quot;EEPROM&quot;);\r\n  screen.setCursor(0, 180);\r\n  screen.println( uid );\r\n\r\n}\r\n\/\/ isDisplayTilt\r\nvoid isDisplayTilt(){\r\n\r\n  \/\/ DFRobot Display 320x480\r\n  \/\/ Text Display\r\n  \/\/ Text Wrap\r\n  screen.setTextWrap(false);\r\n  \/\/ Rotation\r\n  screen.setRotation(3);\r\n  \/\/ Fill Screen =&gt; white\r\n  screen.fillScreen(0xffff);\r\n  \/\/ Text Color =&gt; blue\r\n  screen.setTextColor(0x001F);\r\n  \/\/ Font =&gt; Free Sans Bold 12pt\r\n  screen.setFont(&amp;FreeSansBold12pt7b);\r\n  \/\/ TextSize =&gt; 1.5\r\n  screen.setTextSize(1.5);\r\n  \/\/ Tilt Switch\r\n  screen.setCursor(0, 30);\r\n  screen.println(&quot;Tilt Switch&quot;);\r\n  screen.setCursor(0, 90);\r\n  screen.println( sT );\r\n\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><strong>getEEPROM.ino<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"arduino\" data-enlighter-title=\"\">\r\n\/\/ isUID EEPROM Unique ID\r\nvoid isUID()\r\n{\r\n  \r\n  \/\/ Is Unit ID\r\n  uid = &quot;&quot;;\r\n  for (int x = 0; x &lt; 7; x++)\r\n  {\r\n    uid = uid + char(EEPROM.read(x));\r\n  }\r\n  \r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><strong>getTilt.ino<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"arduino\" data-enlighter-title=\"\">\r\n\/\/ Tilt Switch\r\n\/\/ is Tilt\r\nvoid isTilt(){\r\n\r\n  \/\/ Tilt Switch \r\n  \/\/ Check if Tilt Switch\r\n  if(digitalRead( iTilt ) == HIGH ){   \r\n    \r\n    \/\/ Turn LED HIGH\r\n    digitalWrite(iLEDG, HIGH);\r\n    sT = &quot;HIGH&quot;;\r\n\r\n  } \r\n  else {\r\n    \r\n    \/\/ Turn LED LOW\r\n    digitalWrite(iLEDG, LOW);\r\n    sT = &quot;LOW&quot;;\r\n    \r\n  }\r\n\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><strong>setup.ino<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"arduino\" data-enlighter-title=\"\">\r\n\/\/ Setup\r\nvoid setup()\r\n{\r\n \r\n  \/\/ Delay\r\n  delay( 100 );\r\n\r\n   \/\/ EEPROM Size\r\n  EEPROM.begin(EEPROM_SIZE);\r\n  \r\n  \/\/ EEPROM Unique ID\r\n  isUID();\r\n\r\n  \/\/ Delay\r\n  delay( 100 );\r\n \r\n  \/\/ DFRobot Display 320x480\r\n  screen.begin();\r\n\r\n  \/\/ Delay\r\n  delay( 100 );\r\n  \r\n  \/\/ Tilt Switch\r\n  \/\/ LED Green \r\n  pinMode(iLEDG, OUTPUT);\r\n  \/\/ Tilt\r\n  pinMode(iTilt, INPUT);\r\n\r\n  \/\/ Delay\r\n  delay( 100 );\r\n\r\n  \/\/ DFRobot Display 320x480 - UID\r\n  \/\/ Don Luc Electronics\r\n  \/\/ Version\r\n  \/\/ EEPROM\r\n  isDisplayUID();\r\n\r\n  \/\/ Delay 5 Second\r\n  delay( 5000 );\r\n\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>People can contact us:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/?page_id=1927<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consultant, R&#038;D, Electronics, IoT, Teacher and Instructor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Programming Language<\/li>\n<li>Single-Board Microcontrollers (PIC, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Arm, Silicon Labs, Espressif, Etc&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>IoT<\/li>\n<li>Wireless (Radio Frequency, Bluetooth, WiFi, Etc&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Robotics<\/li>\n<li>Automation<\/li>\n<li>Camera and Video Capture Receiver Stationary, Wheel\/Tank , Underwater and UAV Vehicle<\/li>\n<li>Unmanned Vehicles Terrestrial,  Marine and UAV<\/li>\n<li>Machine Learning<\/li>\n<li>Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/li>\n<li>RTOS<\/li>\n<li>Sensors, eHealth Sensors, Biosensor, and Biometric<\/li>\n<li>Research &#038; 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#DonLucElectronics #DonLuc #TiltSwitch #FireBeetle2ESP32E #ESP32 #Display #IoT #Project #Fritzing #Programming #Electronics #Microcontrollers #Consultant &#8212;&#8212; &#8212;&#8212; &#8212;&#8212; &#8212;&#8212; Crowtail &#8211; Tilt Switch 2.0 The Crowtail &#8211; Tilt Switch is a sensor to detect the station of forwards. It outputs logic LOW in the Horizontal direction and logic HIHG in the vertical direction. 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