# Using Ultrasonic Sensor and ESP8266 in Arduino IOT cloud

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**Category:** Cloud IoT\
**Created:** [April 28, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/using-ultrasonic-sensor-and-esp8266-in-arduino-iot-cloud/1120945 "2023-04-28T18:53:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/using-ultrasonic-sensor-and-esp8266-in-arduino-iot-cloud/1120945/2 "2023-04-28T18:57:04Z")

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I think you should assign the distance to your cloud variable.  
I mean

```plaintext
ultraSensor = distance;

```

This way, the cloud variable `ultraSensor` will be automatically updated.

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