PMS5003 Problems, also Arduino Uno R3 problems

Projects Networking, Protocols, and Devices
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Hello. I've been trying for a while to fix this issue with my PMS5003(Particulate Matter Sensor 5003). I have connected the Tx and Rx to the Serial pins 0 and 1(respectively) on my Arduino Uno R3(Along with VCC to both 5V and 3.3V for testing). I have also implemented the below code, but for some reason, It doesn't transmit any data onto the screen. Please try to explain why if you can.

SoftwareSerial pmsSerial(0, 1);
 
void setup() {
  pinMode(0, INPUT);
  pinMode(1, OUTPUT);
  // our debugging output
  Serial.begin(115200);
 
  // sensor baud rate is 9600
  pmsSerial.begin(9600);
}
 
struct pms5003data {
  uint16_t framelen;
  uint16_t pm10_standard, pm25_standard, pm100_standard;
  uint16_t pm10_env, pm25_env, pm100_env;
  uint16_t particles_03um, particles_05um, particles_10um, particles_25um, particles_50um, particles_100um;
  uint16_t unused;
  uint16_t checksum;
};
 
struct pms5003data data;
    
void loop() {
  if (readPMSdata(&pmsSerial)==1) {
    // reading data was successful!
    Serial.println();
    Serial.println("---------------------------------------");
    Serial.println("Concentration Units (standard)");
    Serial.print("PM 1.0: "); Serial.print(data.pm10_standard);
    Serial.print("\t\tPM 2.5: "); Serial.print(data.pm25_standard);
    Serial.print("\t\tPM 10: "); Serial.println(data.pm100_standard);
    Serial.println("---------------------------------------");
    Serial.println("Concentration Units (environmental)");
    Serial.print("PM 1.0: "); Serial.print(data.pm10_env);
    Serial.print("\t\tPM 2.5: "); Serial.print(data.pm25_env);
    Serial.print("\t\tPM 10: "); Serial.println(data.pm100_env);
    Serial.println("---------------------------------------");
    Serial.print("Particles > 0.3um / 0.1L air:"); Serial.println(data.particles_03um);
    Serial.print("Particles > 0.5um / 0.1L air:"); Serial.println(data.particles_05um);
    Serial.print("Particles > 1.0um / 0.1L air:"); Serial.println(data.particles_10um);
    Serial.print("Particles > 2.5um / 0.1L air:"); Serial.println(data.particles_25um);
    Serial.print("Particles > 5.0um / 0.1L air:"); Serial.println(data.particles_50um);
    Serial.print("Particles > 10.0 um / 0.1L air:"); Serial.println(data.particles_100um);
    Serial.println("---------------------------------------");
  }
}
 
boolean readPMSdata(Stream *s) {
  if (! s->available()) {
    return false;
  }
  
  // Read a byte at a time until we get to the special '0x42' start-byte
  if (s->peek() != 0x42) {
    s->read();
    return false;
  }
 
  // Now read all 32 bytes
  if (s->available() < 32) {
    return false;
  }
    
  uint8_t buffer[32];    
  uint16_t sum = 0;
  s->readBytes(buffer, 32);
 
  // get checksum ready
  for (uint8_t i=0; i<30; i++) {
    sum += buffer[i];
  }
 
  /* debugging
  for (uint8_t i=2; i<32; i++) {
    Serial.print("0x"); Serial.print(buffer[i], HEX); Serial.print(", ");
  }
  Serial.println();
  */
  
  // The data comes in endian'd, this solves it so it works on all platforms
  uint16_t buffer_u16[15];
  for (uint8_t i=0; i<15; i++) {
    buffer_u16[i] = buffer[2 + i*2 + 1];
    buffer_u16[i] += (buffer[2 + i*2] << 8);
  }
 
  // put it into a nice struct :)
  memcpy((void *)&data, (void *)buffer_u16, 30);
 
  if (sum != data.checksum) {
    Serial.println("Checksum failure");
    return false;
  }
  // success!
  return true;
}```
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You have selected pins 0 & 1 for swSerial, but those pins are also used for hwSerial (and therefore your connection to USB)
Try using different pins for your connection to the sensor.

Please also post a schematic(hand drawn is fine) of how you have connected the sensor.

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