Combine two examples

Hello,

I am very new to this (Arduino, Pi and Programming.).

Here is what I would like to do. I would like to combine two examples. The Ping (http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Ping) and the Sweep (http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Sweep) examples into one sketch and one for the Processing side. I have not made it far enough to know if that side works or not.

I have the Uno, Mini Bread Board, Servo (5MAX ES09A) and the Radio Shack
ultrasonic Range Sensor setup as in the examples. Individuly, They work and I get output as well as movement.

How can I get both of these to work together?

Thank You,

Morgan

Hi, welcome to the forum.

The ping example has a delay of 0.1 seconds : delay ( 100 ) ;
You can do other things instead of just waiting.

Did you try to combine them ?

This is how to merge code "by numbers"

http://www.thebox.myzen.co.uk/Tutorial/Merging_Code.html

Thank you! Here is what I have so far:

/* Fade Blink
an exercise in combining code
*/

#include <Servo.h>

Servo myservo;
int pos = 0;

const int pingPin = 7;

void setup(){
setupSWEEP();
setupSENSOR();
}

void loop(){
loopSWEEP();
loopSENSOR();
}

void setupSWEEP(){
myservo.attach(9);
}

void setupSENSOR(){
Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loopSWEEP(){
for(pos = 0; pos <= 180; pos += 1) // goes from 0 degrees to 180 degrees
{ // in steps of 1 degree
myservo.write(pos); // tell servo to go to position in variable 'pos'
delay(15); // waits 15ms for the servo to reach the position
}
for(pos = 180; pos>=0; pos-=1) // goes from 180 degrees to 0 degrees
{
myservo.write(pos); // tell servo to go to position in variable 'pos'
delay(15); // waits 15ms for the servo to reach the position
}
}

void loopSENSOR(){
long duration, inches, cm;

// The PING))) is triggered by a HIGH pulse of 2 or more microseconds.
// Give a short LOW pulse beforehand to ensure a clean HIGH pulse:
pinMode(pingPin, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(pingPin, LOW);
delayMicroseconds(2);
digitalWrite(pingPin, HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(5);
digitalWrite(pingPin, LOW);

// The same pin is used to read the signal from the PING))): a HIGH
// pulse whose duration is the time (in microseconds) from the sending
// of the ping to the reception of its echo off of an object.
pinMode(pingPin, INPUT);
duration = pulseIn(pingPin, HIGH);

// convert the time into a distance
inches = microsecondsToInches(duration);
cm = microsecondsToCentimeters(duration);

Serial.print(inches);
Serial.print("in, ");
Serial.print(cm);
Serial.print("cm");
Serial.println();

delay(100);
}

long microsecondsToInches(long microseconds)
{
// According to Parallax's datasheet for the PING))), there are
// 73.746 microseconds per inch (i.e. sound travels at 1130 feet per
// second). This gives the distance travelled by the ping, outbound
// and return, so we divide by 2 to get the distance of the obstacle.
// See: http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/prod/acc/28015-PING-v1.3.pdf
return microseconds / 74 / 2;
}

long microsecondsToCentimeters(long microseconds)
{
// The speed of sound is 340 m/s or 29 microseconds per centimeter.
// The ping travels out and back, so to find the distance of the
// object we take half of the distance travelled.
return microseconds / 29 / 2;
}

Use code tags!!!

And what happens?