NEW TO ARDUINO, NEED HELP WITH SIMPLE PROJECT.PLEASE :(

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I am currently learning Arduino and I just need help with the sketch I made for a program that uses ultra sonic sensor(HC-SR04) that has 2 LEDs where 1st LED lights if the object is atleast 2 cm away and 2nd LED lights if the object is 2cm beyond

the problem is that the monitor always reads 0 distance and both LEDs light up.

sorry for bad english, not my first language :slight_smile:

Here's my code.

const int trigPin = 9;
const int echoPin = 10;
const int led1 = 11;
const int led2 = 12;

long duration;
int distance;

void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(echoPin, INPUT);
pinMode(led1,OUTPUT);
pinMode(led2,OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
delayMicroseconds(2);
digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(100);
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
distance= duration*0.034/2;

if( distance < 2.0 ){
digitalWrite(led1,HIGH);
digitalWrite(led2,LOW);
}
else{
digitalWrite(led1,LOW);
digitalWrite(led2,HIGH);
}

Serial.print("Distance: ");
Serial.println(distance);
}

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I am using HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor for my project and whenever I run it, the reading on serial monitor has an interval of 0 like on the picture.

Is my sensor broken or is it with the wirings or sketch? help :frowning:

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Are you wanting to pay someone to help you with this problem? The reason I ask is because that's what this forum section is for.

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You already have a forum thread for this:
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=590506
Please don't post multiple times about the same thing.

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Threads merged.

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I do not understand how the code you have shown could have generated the output you have linked appears to show time in HH:MM:SS format with milli seconds added and also, and every alternate Distance is something other than the zero which you claim in your posts.