The Arduino IDE has a built in functionality that allows the user to plot a value (such as temperature) over time.
I would like to plot two variables with different ranges on the y-axis (pressure in the range of thousands and temperature which varies from 20°C to 40°C).
I could make it work to have both being plotted, but the range differences does not allow me to see small changes in one/both quantities. Is there a way to two, or more, Y axis each one with its own scale?
2 Answers 2
No. The Arduino Serial Plotter only supports one Y axis.
An alternative would be to capture the data into a file as CSV data and use some other software to plot it - you could import the data into Excel / LibreOffice, or (as I prefer for quick graphing) use something like GnuPlot (or whatever is similar for your chosen OS).
For instance, this is a GnuPlot configuration for plotting two independent axis datasets and the results:
set datafile separator ","
set terminal png enhanced size 1360,768
set output 'testCharge.png'
set ytics nomirror
set ylabel "Current (A)"
set y2label "Voltage (V)"
set y2tics nomirror
plot "testCharge.csv" using 3 smooth bezier title "Current" w l, \
"testCharge.csv" using 4 title "Cutoff" w l dashtype 2, \
"testCharge.csv" using 2 smooth bezier title "Voltage" w l axes x1y2
The data I use is formatted thus:
Phase,Voltage,Current,Cutoff
0,3.58,1.098,0.033
0,3.59,1.098,0.033
0,3.59,1.098,0.033
0,3.59,1.098,0.033
0,3.6,1.098,0.033
0,3.6,1.098,0.033
0,3.6,1.098,0.033
0,3.61,1.098,0.033
0,3.61,1.098,0.033
... etc ...
And the results:enter image description here
Incidentally, that's me charging a Li-Ion battery and monitoring the voltage and current.
The Serial Plotter from within the Arduino IDE is quite limited. Not to mention the lack of documentation on the Arduino website. So, no the Serial Plotter cannot do what you require.
However, there is a very good selection of serial data plotter programs over at this question: Serial data plotting programs