Damien Murtagh
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Basic Ultrasonic Tutorial

A simple tutorial on getting readings from an ultrasonic sensor

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Basic Ultrasonic Tutorial

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Schematics

Ultrasonic sensor introduction

Breadboard diagram. The ultrasonic was hard to show as it stand upright. Just make sure the wires line up.

Code

Ultrasonic sensor introduction

Arduino
#include <Ultrasonic.h>                   // import ultrasonic library
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>                // import LCD library

Ultrasonic ultrasonic(2,3);               // Register ultrasonic sensor with interface pins trig:2, echo:3
LiquidCrystal lcd(0,1,8,9,10,11);         // Register the LCD with interface pins RS:0, E:1, D4:8, D5:9, D6: 10, D7:11)

void setup() {
  // setup the LCD's number of coulumns and rows
  lcd.begin(16,2);
    
}

void loop() {
  // take a measurement and display it on the LCD
  lcd.clear();                            // Clears the screen in preparation of new measurement    
  lcd.print("Distance in cm:");           // Prints the first line of the display
  lcd.setCursor(0,1);                     // Moves cursor tot he second line of display
  lcd.print(ultrasonic.distanceRead());   // Takes measurement from US and prints it to LCD
  delay(500);                             // waits half a second

}

Credits

Damien Murtagh

Damien Murtagh

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Thanks to ICTRONIC.

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