Mirko Pavleski
Published © GPL3+

Arduino Liquid Level Meter with simple Homemade Sensor

How to make a sensor yourself, and then with the help of a microcontroller to accurately determine the level of liquid in the container.

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Arduino Liquid Level Meter with simple Homemade Sensor

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino Nano R3
Arduino Nano R3
×1
Homemade Sensor
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE
Serialcominstruments app

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)
Solder Wire, Lead Free
Solder Wire, Lead Free

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Schematics

Schematic diagram

Code

Arduino code

Arduino
#include <Capacitor.h>
Capacitor cap1(7,A2);
int kondenzator=0;
int w = 0;
void SendString(byte InstrNo, int MValue) {
  Serial.print('#');
  Serial.print(InstrNo);
  Serial.print('M');
  Serial.print(MValue);
  Serial.print('<');
}

void setup() 
{ 
Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() 
{
kondenzator = (cap1.Measure())*100;
 //Serial.print(kondenzator);  // Measure the capacitance (in pF), print to Serial Monitor
  int w = map(kondenzator, 130, 330, 0, 500); 
 // Serial.print(w);
    SendString(1,w);       // Instrument #01
    SendString(2,w);       // Instrument #02
    SendString(3,w);       // Instrument #03
    delay(500);
  } 

Credits

Mirko Pavleski

Mirko Pavleski

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