Turning Lock Puzzle

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Components and supplies

Jumper wires (generic)

Arduino UNO Wifi Rev.2

About this project

Turning Lock is small puzzle inspired by generic 4-digit dial used to lock luggage bags. Usually, other than the person who set the password before locking, no one else can crack the password, unless uses exhaustive permutations 10x10x10x10. Surprisingly this lock has the password always set to 0000, twist is that turning each of individual digit or dial will turn not only the self but also its left/right neighbours. Note that each dial is circular with numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

The objective of this puzzle is set the dials to 0000 from a random state at the beginning when reset. Each dial is circular and connected to adjacent neighbours. Increment a dial by one will also increment the connected adjacent neighbours by one.

Arduino is connected to TM1637 (contains 4 digit 7 segment led display). Each button represent each digit. Button press lead to increment of associated digit in circular fashion by one. Turning all four digits to 0000 unlocks the puzzle with LED glow.

Code

Turning_Lock_with_TM1637Arduino

#include <Arduino.h>
#include <TM1637Display.h>

#define CLK 2
#define DIO 3

TM1637Display display(CLK, DIO);

void setup()
{
  pinMode(4, INPUT); // Button-1 for Digit in 1000 Place
  pinMode(5, INPUT); // Button-1 for Digit in 100 Place
  pinMode(6, INPUT); // Button-1 for Digit in 10 Place
  pinMode(7, INPUT); // Button-1 for Digit in 1 Place
  pinMode(9, OUTPUT);

  display.setBrightness(2);
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

long numb = 1234; //random(1000,9999);

int pres4 = 0;
int pres5 = 0;
int pres6 = 0;
int pres7 = 0;

int numb4 = 0;
int numb5 = 0;
int numb6 = 0;
int numb7 = 0;

void loop()
{
  display.showNumberDec(numb, true);
  delay(100);

  //breaking 4-digited number into individual digits
  numb4 = numb / 1000;
  numb5 = (numb / 100) % 10;
  numb6 = (numb / 10) % 10;
  numb7 = numb % 10;

  //When Button is pressed, there is an Increment in Digits (Self + Adjacent Neighbors).
  //Digits represent Dial 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 etc.
  //Special Case: Incrementing 9 by 1 leads to 10, therefore need to reduce the left neighbor by 1.
  
  pres4 = digitalRead(4);
  if (pres4 == 1) {
    numb = numb + 1100;	//Digit in 1000 place increment by 1
    if (numb5 == 9) {
      numb = numb - 1000;	//Digit in 100 place decrement by 1
    }
    pres4 = 0;
  }

  pres5 = digitalRead(5);
  if (pres5 == 1) {
    numb = numb + 1110;	//Digit in 100 place increment by 1
    pres5 = 0;
    if (numb5 == 9) {
      numb = numb - 1000;	//Digit in 100 place decrement by 1
    }
    if (numb6 == 9) {
      numb = numb - 100;	//Digit in 10 place decrement by 1
    }
  }

  pres6 = digitalRead(6);
  if (pres6 == 1) {
    numb = numb + 111;	//Digit in 10 place increment by 1
    pres6 = 0;
    if (numb6 == 9) {
      numb = numb - 100;	//Digit in 10 place decrement by 1
    }
    if (numb5 == 9) {
      numb = numb - 1000;	//Digit in 1000 place decrement by 1
    }
    if (numb7 == 9) {
      numb = numb - 10;	//Digit in 1 place decrement by 1
    }
  }

  pres7 = digitalRead(7);
  if (pres7 == 1) {
    numb = numb + 11;	//Digit in 1 place increment by 1
    pres7 = 0;
    if (numb7 == 9) {
      numb = numb - 10;	//Digit in 1 place decrement by 1
    }
    if (numb6 == 9) {
      numb = numb - 100;	//Digit in 10 place decrement by 1
    }
  }

  if (numb > 9999) {
    numb = numb - 10000 * (numb / 10000);
  }

  Serial.println(numb);
  //LED to Glow or Buzzer to Ring
  if (numb == 0) {
    digitalWrite(9, HIGH);
  }
  else {
    digitalWrite(9, LOW);
  }
}