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Arduino Radar with Led diode and encoding data onto an image

Practical development of the radar system for detection of objects at short distances and encoding data onto an image using QuickStego tool.

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Arduino Radar with Led diode and encoding data onto an image

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino Mega 2560
Arduino Mega 2560
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SG90 Micro-servo motor
SG90 Micro-servo motor
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Ultrasonic Sensor - HC-SR04 (Generic)
Ultrasonic Sensor - HC-SR04 (Generic)
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Perma-Proto Breadboard Half Size
Perma-Proto Breadboard Half Size
×1
USB-A to B Cable
USB-A to B Cable
×1
LED (generic)
LED (generic)
×1
Amazon Web Services Holder for Ultrasonic Sensor HC-SR04
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE
Processing
The Processing Foundation Processing
Google QuickStego tool

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Schematics

SCHEMATICS

Arduino Mega 2560 Sketch of connecting the components

SCHEMATICS

Arduino Mega 2560 Sketch of connecting the components

Code

Arduino IDE code

C/C++
Copy and paste the code in Arduino IDE.
// Includes the Servo library
#include <Servo.h>. 

// Defines Tirg and Echo pins of the Ultrasonic Sensor and pin of LED
const int trigPin = 10;
const int echoPin = 11;
const int LED = 13;
// Variables for the duration and the distance
long duration;
int distance;

Servo myServo; // Creates a servo object for controlling the servo motor

void setup() {
  pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); // Sets the trigPin as an Output
  pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); // Sets the echoPin as an Input
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT); // Sets the LED as an Input
  Serial.begin(115200);
  myServo.attach(12); // Defines on which pin is the servo motor attached
}
void loop() {
  // rotates the servo motor from 15 to 165 degrees
  for(int i=15;i<=165;i++){  
  myServo.write(i);
  delay(30);
  distance = calculateDistance();// Calls a function for calculating the distance measured by the Ultrasonic sensor for each degree
  
  Serial.print(i); // Sends the current degree into the Serial Port
  Serial.print(","); // Sends addition character right next to the previous value needed later in the Processing IDE for indexing
  Serial.print(distance); // Sends the distance value into the Serial Port
  Serial.print("."); // Sends addition character right next to the previous value needed later in the Processing IDE for indexing
  }
  // Repeats the previous lines from 165 to 15 degrees
  for(int i=165;i>15;i--){  
  myServo.write(i);
  delay(30);
  distance = calculateDistance();
  Serial.print(i);
  Serial.print(",");
  Serial.print(distance);
  Serial.print(".");
  }
}
// Function for calculating the distance measured by the Ultrasonic sensor
int calculateDistance(){ 
  
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); 
  delayMicroseconds(2);
  // Sets the trigPin on HIGH state for 10 micro seconds
  digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH); 
  delayMicroseconds(10);
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
  duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH); // Reads the echoPin, returns the sound wave travel time in microseconds
  distance= duration*0.034/2;
   if (distance < 40)
    {
      digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
      delay(10); 
    }
    else
    {
      digitalWrite(13, LOW);
      delay(10);
    }
    return distance;
}

Processing PDE code

C/C++
Copy and paste the code in Processing PDE.
/*   Arduino Radar Project
 *
 *   Updated version. Fits any screen resolution!
 *   Just change the values in the size() function,
 *   with your screen resolution.
 *      
 *  by Dejan Nedelkovski, updated by Rexhep Mustafovski
 *  
 */
import processing.serial.*; // imports library for serial communication
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; // imports library for reading the data from the serial port
import java.io.IOException;
Serial myPort; // defines Object Serial
// defubes variables
String angle="";
String distance="";
String data="";
String noObject;
float pixsDistance;
float Razmer;  // dodadeno
int iAngle, iDistance;
int index1=0;
int index2=0;
int pravec=1;
PFont orcFont;
void setup() {
  
 //size (1200, 950); // ***CHANGE THIS TO YOUR SCREEN RESOLUTION***
 
 fullScreen();   //   *********************  Size e zameneto s fullScreen    taka da avtomatski ke se zadadat height i with
 
 Razmer = (height-height*0.21)*0.025; // cm pretvarame vo pikseli so formulata:  x*Razmer = x * ((height-height*0.25)*0.025);       Dolzina[vo cm] * (RabotnaVisinaEkranVoPixeli * 1/40)   max=40cm
 
 smooth();
 myPort = new Serial(this,"COM3", 115200); // starts the serial communication
 myPort.bufferUntil('.'); // reads the data from the serial port up to the character '.'. So actually it reads this: angle,distance.
 orcFont = loadFont("OCRAExtended-30.vlw");
 
 //************************************************************ dopolna
 //iAngle = 0;         
 //iDistance = 25;
 //frameRate(100);
 
 //************************************************************
 
  
}
void draw() {
  
  fill(98,245,31);
  textFont(orcFont);
  // simulating motion blur and slow fade of the moving line
  noStroke();
  fill(0,5); 
  rect(0, 0, width, height-height*0.065); 
  
  fill(98,245,31); // green color
  // calls the functions for drawing the radar
  drawRadar(); 
  drawLine();
  drawObject();
  drawText();
  
  //************************************************************ dopolna za Avtomatski test na iscrtuvanjeto
 
 //iAngle = iAngle+pravec;
 // if (iAngle==0) {
 //  pravec=pravec*(-1);
 //   }
 //  else if (iAngle==180)
 //  {
 //  pravec=pravec*(-1);
 //  }

  //************************************************************
}
void serialEvent (Serial myPort) { // starts reading data from the Serial Port
  // reads the data from the Serial Port up to the character '.' and puts it into the String variable "data".
  data = myPort.readStringUntil('.');
  data = data.substring(0,data.length()-1);
  
  index1 = data.indexOf(","); // find the character ',' and puts it into the variable "index1"
  
  // angle= (data.substring(0, index1)); // read the data from position "0" to position of the variable index1 or thats the value of the angle the Arduino Board sent into the Serial Port
  //distance= data.substring(index1+1, data.length()); // read the data from position "index1" to the end of the data pr thats the value of the distance
  
  angle= trim(data.substring(0, index1));                     // dodadena funkcija trim za da gi otvrli praznite mesta
  distance= trim(data.substring(index1+1, data.length()));    // dodadena funkcija trim za da gi otvrli praznite mesta
  
    
  // converts the String variables into Integer
  iAngle = int(angle);
  iDistance = int(distance);
}
void drawRadar() {
  pushMatrix();
  translate(width/2,height-height*0.074); // moves the starting coordinats to new location
  noFill();
  strokeWeight(2);
  stroke(98,245,31);
  // draws the arc lines
 
  arc(0,0,2*40*Razmer,2*40*Razmer,PI,TWO_PI);     //      Moi novi formuli  so krugovi na 10, 20, 30 i 40 cm
  arc(0,0,2*30*Razmer,2*30*Razmer,PI,TWO_PI);
  arc(0,0,2*20*Razmer,2*20*Razmer,PI,TWO_PI);
  arc(0,0,2*10*Razmer,2*10*Razmer,PI,TWO_PI);
  
  //arc(0,0,(width-width*0.0625),(width-width*0.0625),PI,TWO_PI);
  //arc(0,0,(width-width*0.27),(width-width*0.27),PI,TWO_PI);            //  Originalni formuli
  //arc(0,0,(width-width*0.479),(width-width*0.479),PI,TWO_PI);
  //arc(0,0,(width-width*0.687),(width-width*0.687),PI,TWO_PI);
  
  // draws the angle lines
  line(-width/2,0,width/2,0);
  line(0,0,(-width/2)*cos(radians(30)),(-width/2)*sin(radians(30)));
  line(0,0,(-width/2)*cos(radians(60)),(-width/2)*sin(radians(60)));
  line(0,0,(-width/2)*cos(radians(90)),(-width/2)*sin(radians(90)));
  line(0,0,(-width/2)*cos(radians(120)),(-width/2)*sin(radians(120)));
  line(0,0,(-width/2)*cos(radians(150)),(-width/2)*sin(radians(150)));
  line((-width/2)*cos(radians(30)),0,width/2,0);
  popMatrix();
}
void drawObject() {
  pushMatrix();
  translate(width/2,height-height*0.074); // moves the starting coordinats to new location
  strokeWeight(9);
  stroke(255,10,10); // red color
 
  pixsDistance = iDistance*Razmer; // converts the distance from the sensor from cm to pixels 
  // limiting the range to 40 cms
  if(iDistance<40){
    // draws the object according to the angle and the distance

  line(pixsDistance*cos(radians(iAngle)),-pixsDistance*sin(radians(iAngle)),40*Razmer*cos(radians(iAngle)),-40*Razmer*sin(radians(iAngle)));  // Popravena linija so novi krajni koordinati
//  line(pixsDistance*cos(radians(iAngle)),-pixsDistance*sin(radians(iAngle)),(iDistance+2)*Razmer*cos(radians(iAngle)),-(iDistance+2)*Razmer*sin(radians(iAngle)));  // Objekt so golemina od 1 cm
  }
  popMatrix();
}
void drawLine() {
  pushMatrix();
  strokeWeight(9);
  stroke(30,250,60);
  translate(width/2,height-height*0.074); // moves the starting coordinats to new location
  // line(0,0,(height-height*0.12)*cos(radians(iAngle)),-(height-height*0.12)*sin(radians(iAngle))); // draws the line according to the angle    
  line(0,0,40*Razmer*cos(radians(iAngle)),-40*Razmer*sin(radians(iAngle))); // Nova popravena linija za krajnite koordinati
  popMatrix();
}
void drawText() { // draws the texts on the screen
  
  pushMatrix();
  if(iDistance>40) {
  noObject = "Out of Range";
  }
  else {
  noObject = "In Range";
  }
  fill(0,0,0);
  noStroke();
  rect(0, height-height*0.0648, width, height);
  fill(98,245,31);
  textSize(25);
  
 
  //text("10cm",width-width*0.41,height-height*0.0833);
  //text("20cm",width-width*0.3,height-height*0.0833);
  //text("30cm",width-width*0.18,height-height*0.0833);
  //text("40cm",width-width*0.06,height-height*0.0833);
  
  text("10cm",width/2+7*Razmer,height-height*0.0833);
  text("20cm",width/2+17*Razmer,height-height*0.0833);
  text("30cm",width/2+27*Razmer,height-height*0.0833);
  text("40cm",width/2+37*Razmer,height-height*0.0833);
  
  textSize(40);
  text("Object: " + noObject, width-width*0.875, height-height*0.0277);
  text("Angle: " + iAngle +" ", width-width*0.48, height-height*0.0277);
  text("Distance: ", width-width*0.26, height-height*0.0277);
  if(iDistance<40) {
  text("        " + iDistance +" cm", width-width*0.225, height-height*0.0277);
  }
  textSize(25);
  fill(98,245,60);
  translate((width-width*0.4994)+width/2*cos(radians(30)),(height-height*0.0907)-width/2*sin(radians(30)));
  rotate(-radians(-60));
  text("30",0,0);
  resetMatrix();
  translate((width-width*0.503)+width/2*cos(radians(60)),(height-height*0.0888)-width/2*sin(radians(60)));
  rotate(-radians(-30));
  text("60",0,0);
  resetMatrix();
  translate((width-width*0.507)+width/2*cos(radians(90)),(height-height*0.0833)-width/2*sin(radians(90)));
  rotate(radians(0));
  text("90",0,0);
  resetMatrix();
  translate(width-width*0.513+width/2*cos(radians(120)),(height-height*0.07129)-width/2*sin(radians(120)));
  rotate(radians(-30));
  text("120",0,0);
  resetMatrix();
  translate((width-width*0.5104)+width/2*cos(radians(150)),(height-height*0.0574)-width/2*sin(radians(150)));
  rotate(radians(-60));
  text("150",0,0);
  popMatrix(); 
}

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