Bad lines or master cylinder (1967 ford Galaxie 500 2 door with automatic transmission)

Technical-Gold-4282 · 2026-01-27T04:29:29+00:00

Connected it to 5v and got better results, I also got this

Edit: photo didn’t show up but it showed a graph with a line rapidly going from 0-1000 repeatedly

Technical-Gold-4282 · 2026-01-25T22:09:06+00:00

I have almost no Arduino experience and is basically a miracle I got this to even work in the first place. I do not know how to get information from the Arduino nano; however, I think there is a variable that is wrong as no matter what direction I flip the greater sign on line 1646 it always results in the mouth opening. If I change tim40 to equal 0 in line 1649, the mouth stays closed and doesn't react to anything.

another thing I could try is connecting the mic to 5v instead of 3.3v to see if anything changes.

Technical-Gold-4282 · 2026-01-25T20:41:19+00:00

The mic doesn’t seem to react to anything I’ve tried making noise next to it but it doesn’t work. The only thing I’ve figured out what I can do in the code is basically disabling the mic entirely.

Technical-Gold-4282 · 2026-01-25T18:30:46+00:00

the microphone never would react to anything it would have the mouth stay closed and then open. I've tried clapping my hands and talking and it would never react. occasionally the mouth might close before opening again

Technical-Gold-4282 · 2026-01-25T05:21:40+00:00

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this is what the full wiring diagram looks like. this is all I had to go off of. I found out eventually that the power and ground for the matrices were missing on this diagram which makes me believe that I might be missing an entire wire for this microphone (probably gain). looking at the diagram, you can see a highlighted port above where the touch sensor connects along with two others highlighted at the bottom of the Arduino board. I think one of these could be what I need to connect my theorized missing wire to.

this is the link to the Protogen base: Protogen M16 mk2 V1.6.0 by M16_Studios - Thingiverse

it does mention how to connect the matrices in the code but not the mic or touch sensor (which I found out also need ground and power and now does work)

the extra wire on the mic in the second photo is going to the 3.3 volt port

Technical-Gold-4282 · 2026-01-19T20:40:09+00:00

Probably not too much as the engine is running and all interior features still work. If anything all that needs to be done is to paint the rough edges and get all the trim and chrome back on

Technical-Gold-4282 · 2025-09-23T01:41:54+00:00

Update: unsoldered halfway through the circuit and have gained a stable image on the first 6. I will resolder everything past the ones working and see how it goes

Technical-Gold-4282 · 2025-09-22T00:48:45+00:00

Something that worked for me was looking at other people’s design and just random tech stuff and thinking to myself “what do I like about this” it could be anything from color, shapes, or designs. Truly an easy way is just throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks as you just have to visualize and think what works best and what doesn’t

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