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1 /*
2 This code read the distance from an ultrasonic sensor and display it on
3 an LCD screen. It uses an Arduino Uno R4 board and a 16x2 Liquid Crystal
4 Display (LCD) connected via I2C. The ultrasonic sensor is connected to
5 pins 3 and 4 for echo and trigger, respectively.
6
7 Board: Arduino Uno R4
8 Component: Ultrasonic Module
9 */
10
11 #include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
12
13 LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27, 16, 2); // initialize the Liquid Crystal Display object with the
I2C address 0x27, 16 columns and 2 rows
14
15 // Define the pin numbers for the ultrasonic sensor
16 const int echoPin = 3;
17 const int trigPin = 4;
18
19 void setup() {
20 pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); // Set echo pin as input
21 pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); // Set trig pin as output
22
23 lcd.init(); // initialize the LCD
24 lcd.clear(); // clear the LCD display
25 lcd.backlight(); // Make sure backlight is on
26 }
27
28 void loop() {
29 float distance = readDistance(); // Call the function to read the sensor data and get the
distance
30
31 lcd.setCursor(0, 0); //Place the cursor at Line 1, Column 1. From here the
characters are to be displayed
32 lcd.print("Distance:"); ////Print Distance: on the LCD
33 lcd.setCursor(0, 1); //Set the cursor at Line 1, Column 0
34 lcd.print(" "); //Here is to leave some spaces after the characters so as to
clear the previous characters that may still remain.
35 lcd.setCursor(7, 1); //Set the cursor at Line 1, Column 7.
36 lcd.print(distance); // print on the LCD the value of the distance converted from
the time between ping sending and receiving.
37 lcd.setCursor(14, 1); //Set the cursor at Line 1, Column 14.
38 lcd.print("cm"); //print the unit "cm"
39
40 delay(800); // Delay for 800 milliseconds before repeating the loop
41 }
42
43 // Function to read the sensor data and calculate the distance
44 float readDistance() {
45 digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); // Set trig pin to low to ensure a clean pulse
46 delayMicroseconds(2); // Delay for 2 microseconds
47 digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH); // Send a 10 microsecond pulse by setting trig pin to high
48 delayMicroseconds(10);
49 digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); // Set trig pin back to low
50
51 // Measure the pulse width of the echo pin and calculate the distance value
52 float distance = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH) / 58.00; // Formula: (340m/s * 1us) / 2
53 return distance;
54 }
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