Extremely difficult to get signal strength to 0

[Archonic944]

I've been trying to recreate this project, but have been having some issues. I managed to solder the wires correctly, and I am now getting a signal from the force trainer. The problem is, it's really hard to get the signal strength to 0. Additionally, the stats that I can see with the signal strength not at 0 (h theta, alpha, beta, etc) seem to be fluctuating randomly. Also, is it normal that it's only updating about 1 time per second?

Anyway, I was testing this, and it turned out that the only way to get the signal strength to zero was to...

1. Move the arduino far away from the computer
2. Make sure the wires aren't touching, move them up and away from the arduino
3. Turn wifi off (we weren't sure if this actually helped, just a guess)

I'm not really sure what I'm dealing with here. I have no idea why the wires would cause interference. Any help?

[KernelGhost]

Hi there! If electrical interference is the true culprit for the poor signal strength, it may be worth trying a wireless approach. Here is a similar repository that uses a direct Bluetooth connection with the computer instead of requiring soldering and an Arduino.