Hello arduinolovers, I'm new in this Forum and want to say hello to all you guy's. I'm a beginner in programming the arduino so don't throw stones...
but maybee you can help me with my project.
First, What do I try to accomplish? - I got an ultrasonic sensor (Ping))) from parallax) and a servo motor(cheap one) and I try to make them talk!
Second, where is the problem? - They don't talk together. The idea is the following: if you're staying closer then 1,20m in front of the ping)))sensor the servomotor should rotate otherwise not, two led's are indicating that (red/green).
What I have had achived so far: ultrasonic ping + arduino = works!, servo + arduino = works, ping + servo + arduino = doesn't work.
Here is my sourcecode (copy&paste style):
/* Ping))) Sensor
This sketch reads a PING))) ultrasonic rangefinder and returns the
distance to the closest object in range. To do this, it sends a pulse
to the sensor to initiate a reading, then listens for a pulse
to return. The length of the returning pulse is proportional to
the distance of the object from the sensor.
The circuit:
* +V connection of the PING))) attached to +5V
* GND connection of the PING))) attached to ground
* SIG connection of the PING))) attached to digital pin 7
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Ping
created 3 Nov 2008
by David A. Mellis
modified 30 Aug 2011
by Tom Igoe
This example code is in the public domain.
*/
// this constant won't change. It's the pin number
// of the sensor's output:
#include <Servo.h>
Servo myservo; // create servo object to control a servo
// a maximum of eight servo objects can be created
int pos = 0; // variable to store the servo position
const int pingPin = 7;
void setup() {
// initialize serial communication:
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
pinMode(12, OUTPUT);
myservo.attach(9); // attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object
}
void loop()
{
// establish variables for duration of the ping,
// and the distance result in inches and centimeters:
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);
if (cm < 120) {
// Anweisungsblock für wahr
digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
digitalWrite(12, LOW);
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(200); // waits 15ms for the servo to reach the position
}
for(pos = 180; pos>=1; pos-=1) // goes from 180 degrees to 0 degrees
{
myservo.write(pos); // tell servo to go to position in variable 'pos'
delay(200); // waits 15ms for the servo to reach the position
}
} else {
// Anweisungsblock für falsch
digitalWrite(13, LOW);
digitalWrite(12, HIGH);
}
}
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;
}
So maybee you guys, can help me. It's my second arduino project.
With best regards Borner!