Description 

I hooked up a FSR to the DC motor along with a crochet hook for what ultimately became a morse code writer/mini drum. I do think it's neat that the FSR is really responsive and the code varies the pulse. The rubber band keeps the hook in place or else it'd "crawl" away.

 My original "automated crochet" didn't quite pan out. Maybe another time when I figure out how to make a crank lever.

 Materials Used:

DC Motor

Crochet Hook

Rubber Band

FSR

Small plastic disc

Arduino Code:

/* http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Labs/Servo
  Servo control from an analog input

 The minimum (minPulse) and maxiumum (maxPuluse) values
 will be different depending on your specific servo motor.
 Ideally, it should be between 1 and 2 milliseconds, but in practice,
 0.5 - 2.5 milliseconds works well for me.
 Try different values to see what numbers are best for you.

 This program uses the millis() function to keep track of when the servo was 
 last pulsed.  millis() produces an overflow error (i.e. generates a number
 that's too big to fit in a long variable) after about 5 days. if you're
 making a program that has to run for more than 5 days, you may need to 
 account for this.

 by Tom Igoe
 additions by Carlyn Maw
 Created 28 Jan. 2006
 Updated 7 Jun. 2006
 */

int servoPin = 2;     // Control pin for servo motor
int minPulse = 500;   // Minimum servo position
int maxPulse = 2500;  // Maximum servo position
int pulse = 0;        // Amount to pulse the servo

long lastPulse = 0;    // the time in milliseconds of the last pulse
int refreshTime = 20; // the time needed in between pulses

int analogValue = 0;  // the value returned from the analog sensor
int analogPin = 0;    // the analog pin that the sensor's on

void setup() {
  pinMode(servoPin, OUTPUT);  // Set servo pin as an output pin
  pulse = minPulse;           // Set the motor position value to the minimum
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  analogValue = analogRead(analogPin);      // read the analog input
  pulse = (analogValue * 19) / 10 + minPulse;    // convert the analog value
                                            // to a range between minPulse
                                            // and maxPulse. 

  // pulse the servo again if rhe refresh time (20 ms) have passed:
  if (millis() - lastPulse >= refreshTime) {
    digitalWrite(servoPin, HIGH);   // Turn the motor on
    delayMicroseconds(pulse);       // Length of the pulse sets the motor position
    digitalWrite(servoPin, LOW);    // Turn the motor off
    lastPulse = millis();           // save the time of the last pulse
  }
}

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