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Ultrasonic Rangefinder & Accelerometer Guide

This document describes how to use an ultrasonic rangefinder and accelerometer with an Arduino. It provides instructions on connecting a PING ultrasonic rangefinder and MEMSIC 2125 dual-axis accelerometer to an Arduino, and includes code to read distance measurements from the rangefinder and acceleration values from the accelerometer and print them over a serial connection. The rangefinder works by sending and receiving ultrasonic pulses to determine distance to objects, while the accelerometer outputs pulses corresponding to g-forces that are converted to milli-g values.

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Ultrasonic Rangefinder & Accelerometer Guide

This document describes how to use an ultrasonic rangefinder and accelerometer with an Arduino. It provides instructions on connecting a PING ultrasonic rangefinder and MEMSIC 2125 dual-axis accelerometer to an Arduino, and includes code to read distance measurements from the rangefinder and acceleration values from the accelerometer and print them over a serial connection. The rangefinder works by sending and receiving ultrasonic pulses to determine distance to objects, while the accelerometer outputs pulses corresponding to g-forces that are converted to milli-g values.

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MICROPROCESSOR

SYSTEMS
GROUP 8

PING ULTRASONIC RANGEFINDER


This sketch reads a PING ultrasonic rangefinder
and returns the distance to the closest object in
range
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.

MATERIALS NEEDED

Gizduino AT-Mega 644


Ping Ultrasonic Range Finder (4 pins)
Connecting Wires

THE CIRCUIT
Vcc connection of the PING attached to +5V
Gnd connection of the PING attached to ground
Trig connection of the PING attached to digital
pin 7
Echo connection of the PING attached to digital
pin 6

CODE
const int pingPin = 7;
const int echo = 6;
void setup() {
[Link](9600);
}

void loop() {
long duration, inches, cm;
pinMode(pingPin, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(pingPin, LOW);
delayMicroseconds(2);
digitalWrite(pingPin, HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(5);
digitalWrite(pingPin, LOW);
pinMode(echo, INPUT);
duration = pulseIn(echo, HIGH);

inches = microsecondsToInches(duration);
cm = microsecondsToCentimeters(duration);
[Link](inches);
[Link]("in, ");
[Link](cm);
[Link]("cm");
[Link]();
delay(100);
}

long microsecondsToInches(long microseconds) {


return microseconds / 74 / 2;
}
long microsecondsToCentimeters(long microseconds) {
return microseconds / 29 / 2;
}

MEMSIC 2125 DUAL-AXIS ACCELEROMETER

Converts the pulses output by the 2125 into


milli-g's (1/1000 of earth's gravity) and prints
them over the serial connection to the
computer.

MATERIALS NEEDED

Gizduino AT-Mega 644


MEMSIC 2125 Dual-Axis Accelerometer
Connecting Wires

THE CIRCUIT
X output of accelerometer to digital pin 2
Y output of accelerometer to digital pin 3
+V of accelerometer to +5V
GND of accelerometer to ground

CODE
const int xPin = 2;
const int yPin = 3;
void setup() {
[Link](9600);
pinMode(xPin, INPUT);
pinMode(yPin, INPUT);
}

void loop() {
int pulseX, pulseY;
int accelerationX, accelerationY;
pulseX = pulseIn(xPin, HIGH);
pulseY = pulseIn(yPin, HIGH);
accelerationX = ((pulseX / 10) - 500) * 8;
accelerationY = ((pulseY / 10) - 500) * 8;

[Link](accelerationX);
[Link]("\t");
[Link](accelerationY);
[Link]();
delay(100);
}

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