Maker builds a touchless tattoo machine switch with Arduino
You can switch a tattoo machine on and off with a foot pedal, but this can be an issue when it’s time to pack it up with other gear that needs to be kept ultra-clean. To address this problem, YouTuber “Wildman Tech” made an Arduino-powered device in the shape of a beautiful wooden pyramid to control a tattoo gun with the wave of one’s hand.
Electronics-wise, the setup is fairly simple. An Arduino Uno detects the tattoo artist’s gestures via a distance sensor, and signals the machine with an on or off output.
This project uses an Arduino Uno, a distance sensor module, and an FET driver transistor module. They both take their power from the Arduino main board. The distance sensor output is fed into pin 2 on the Arduino and the FET driver input is taken from pin 9.
You can see more of Wildman Tech’s touchless switch, including its code, in the video below!
July 6th, 2017 at 03:55:05
Thanks for taking notice! I had no idea this would be so popular!
July 6th, 2017 at 20:22:05
Nice work Man!
July 15th, 2017 at 20:11:41
Nice job WildmanTech for the tattoo machine and what a great workshop you have. My question is did you use a relay in the final connection to the heavier amperage tattoo machine, must be 12 volts and 5 amps at least.
January 12th, 2019 at 22:41:19
If you smuggled this into prison you would be KING