
Arduino Distance Calculation Using Sonar
Connect Arduino Uno as per below diagram
Sonar system works in 2 step
- Create a ultrasonic sound to travel
- Receive the reflected sound as echo and calculate the time for sound traveling.
Below code show the result in centimeter.
Sample code is Here
// defines pins numbers
const int trigPin = 9;
const int echoPin = 10;
const int sonarpw=7;
// defines variables
long duration;
int distance;
void setup() {
lcd.begin(16, 2);
lcd.clear();
pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(echoPin, INPUT);
pinMode(sonarpw, OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(9600);
digitalWrite(sonarpw,HIGH);
}
void loop() {
lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
lcd.print(“Distance Calc”);
lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
lcd.print(“Distance:”);
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;
Serial.print(“Distance: “);
Serial.println(distance);
lcd.setCursor(10, 1);
lcd.print(distance);lcd.print(“cm “);
}
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