If you are sourcing a ultrasonic ranging module , the HC-SR04 is good choose . Its stable performance and high ranging accuracy make it a popular module in electronic market .Compared to the Shap IR ranging module , HC-SR04 is more inexpensive than it . But it has the same ranging accuracy and longer ranging distance.
Specifications
- Power supply: 5V DC
- Quiescent current: <2mA
- Effectual angle: <15°
- Ranging distance: 2cm – 500 cm
- Resolution: 1 cm
- Ultrasonic Frequency: 40k Hz
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simple code /* HC-SR04 Ping distance sensor] VCC to arduino 5v GND to arduino GND Echo to Arduino pin 13 Trig to Arduino pin 12 Red POS to Arduino pin 11 Green POS to Arduino pin 10 560 ohm resistor to both LED NEG and GRD power rail More info at: http://goo.gl/kJ8Gl Original code improvements to the Ping sketch sourced from Trollmaker.com Some code and wiring inspired by http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Dstaub/robotcar */ #define trigPin 12 #define echoPin 13 #define led 11 #define led2 10 void setup() { Serial.begin (9600); pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); pinMode(led, OUTPUT); pinMode(led2, OUTPUT); } void loop() { long duration, distance; digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); // Added this line delayMicroseconds(2); // Added this line digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH); // delayMicroseconds(1000); - Removed this line delayMicroseconds(10); // Added this line digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH); distance = (duration/2) / 29.1; if (distance < 4) { // This is where the LED On/Off happens digitalWrite(led,HIGH); // When the Red condition is met, the Green LED should turn off digitalWrite(led2,LOW); } else { digitalWrite(led,LOW); digitalWrite(led2,HIGH); } if (distance >= 200 || distance <= 0){ Serial.println("Out of range"); } else { Serial.print(distance); Serial.println(" cm"); } delay(500); } |
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