Hi, my first time in this forum.
I'm using the ultrasonic-sensor HC-SR04 and measure a distance and the time. In the serial monitor the data looks like that:

817
152
827
158
836
158

and so on. The first data is the time in µs, the second data the distance in cm. So it works. But i will separate the distance-data from the time-data in the serial monitor with loops. But it doesn't work well. First i get all the time-data, but all distance-data are zeros. Look at my sorcecode, maybe you find something.

// Arduino Uno, IDE 1.6.7
// 23.12.2015

# define echoPin 2
# define trigPin 1
int n;
int n_max = 100;

int array_distance[100];
int array_time[100];

void setup() {
  pinMode(echoPin, INPUT);
  pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  for (n = 0; n < n_max; n++) {
    Triggerimpuls();
    Distanz_Berechnung();
    Zeitmessung();
    Ausgabe_Zeit();
    Ausgabe_Distanz();
    //delay(1000); //Ausgabe_Distanz delivers only zeros. Why?
  }
  //Ausgabe_Zeit(); 
  //Ausgabe_Distanz(); // doesn't work with the loop, only zeros. Why?
  Programmende(); // durch Endlosschleife
}

void Triggerimpuls() {
  digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
  delayMicroseconds(10);
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
}

void Distanz_Berechnung() {
  array_distance[n] = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH, 25000) * 0.01715;
}

void Zeitmessung() {
  array_time[n] = millis();
}

void Ausgabe_Zeit() {
  // for (n = 0; n < n_max; n++) {
  Serial.println(array_time[n]);
  // }
}

void Ausgabe_Distanz () {
  //for (n = 0; n < n_max; n++) {
    Serial.println(array_distance[n]);
  //}
  // Ausgabe_Distanz delivers only zeros. Why?
}

void Programmende () {
  while (1);
}

Thank you !!

try change

int array_distance[100];
==>
float int array_distance[100];

Thank you, but float (without the following int) doesn't change anything, only more zeros (behind the comma).

I do the same with both arrays, but why is the array_distance full of zeros and the array_time not. It's inexplicable (for me).

array_distance[n] = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH, 25000) * 0.01715;

if pulseIn return some integer value smaller than ~58 the multiplication will result in a value smaller than 1
which is truncated to 0 (because it becomes an int)

please change to this to see if pulsein returns meaningfull values.

array_distance[n] = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH, 25000) ;

furthermore

define echoPin 2

define trigPin 1

is dangerous as pin 1 is used by Serial !!

try it with pin 3 and 4

Hi,

the factor 0.01715 is ok, because the smallest echo back o f the sensor ist 150µs, so the result is never smaller 1.

But your second idea is priceless. You did it !! Now i'm using Pin 2 and Pin 3 and it works well. AWESOME !!

I wish you warm xmas !!!

Thanks,
Auch für Sie Frohe Weihnachten