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How to Make an Ultrasonic Ruler with Arduino UNO and HC-SR04

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How to Make an Ultrasonic Ruler with Arduino UNO and HC-SR04

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
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Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
**Optional**
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Ultrasonic Sensor - HC-SR04 (Generic)
Ultrasonic Sensor - HC-SR04 (Generic)
Any ultrasonic sensor would work.
×1
Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
Four would be enough
×4
USB-A to B Cable
USB-A to B Cable
This will help you to connect the laptop with Arduino
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Laptop or computer
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE
To program and upload to your arduino

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Schematics

Ultrasonic Ruler

The Ultrasonic ruler helps you to measure things with Ultrasonic sounds.

Ultrasonic Ruler

Just wire the:

VCC of Ultrasonic sensor ---> 5V in Arduino
Trig of Ultrasonic sensor ---> Pin 2 in Arduino
Echo of Ultrasonic sensor ---> Pin 4 in Arduino
GND of Ultrasonic sensor ---> To GND in Arduino


And then just copy and paste the code above in your Arduino IDE. To see the distance just go to Tools -> Serial Monitor or just put Ctrl+Shift+M or for mac just Command+Shift+M.

Code

Ultrasonic ruler with inches, centimetres, and millimetres

Arduino
This the code. Just copy it and paste it on your Arduino IDE. Comment down below how I can make this code better.
const int trigPin = 2;
const int echoPin = 4;
void setup() { 
Serial.begin(9600);} 
void loop()
{
long duration, inches, cm, mm;
pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); 
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); 
delayMicroseconds(2000); 
digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH); 
delayMicroseconds(1000); 
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); 
duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
inches = microsecondsToInches(duration); 
cm = microsecondsToCentimeters(duration);
mm = microsecondsToMillimeters(duration);
Serial.print(inches); 
Serial.print("in, "); 
Serial.print(cm);
Serial.print("cm, ");
Serial.print(mm);
Serial.print(" mm");
Serial.println(); 
delay(1000);
}
long microsecondsToInches(long microseconds)
{return microseconds / 74 / 2;}
long microsecondsToCentimeters(long microseconds)
{return microseconds / 29 / 2;}
long microsecondsToMillimeters(long microseconds)
{return microseconds / 2.9 / 2;}

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