sushanth2008
Created August 31, 2021

Blind man stick

it helps blind men to walk easily

Blind man stick

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
×1
Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
×1
Buzzer
Buzzer
×1
Ultrasonic Sensor - HC-SR04 (Generic)
Ultrasonic Sensor - HC-SR04 (Generic)
×1
PVC pipe or steel rod
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)

Story

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Schematics

circuit diagram

use this diagram for connections

Code

coding

Arduino
// defines pins numbers
const int trigPin = 9;
const int echoPin = 10;
const int buzzer = 11;
const int ledPin = 13;

// defines variables
long duration;
int distance;
int safetyDistance;


void setup() {
pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); // Sets the trigPin as an Output
pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); // Sets the echoPin as an Input
pinMode(buzzer, OUTPUT);
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(9600); // Starts the serial communication
}


void loop() {
// Clears the trigPin
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
delayMicroseconds(2);

// Sets the trigPin on HIGH state for 10 micro seconds
digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(10);
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);

// Reads the echoPin, returns the sound wave travel time in microseconds
duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);

// Calculating the distance
distance= duration*0.034/2;

safetyDistance = distance;
if (safetyDistance <= 5){
  digitalWrite(buzzer, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
}
else{
  digitalWrite(buzzer, LOW);
  digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
}

// Prints the distance on the Serial Monitor
Serial.print("Distance: ");
Serial.println(distance);
}

Credits

sushanth2008
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