How to Make an Ultrasonic Ruler with Arduino UNO and HC-SR04

This is my first project, so please like the project and comment down below.

Feb 16, 2018

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Arduino Uno Rev3

Ultrasonic Sensor - HC-SR04 (Generic)

Jumper wires (generic)

Breadboard (generic)

Laptop or computer

USB-A to B Cable

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Arduino IDE

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Ultrasonic ruler with inches, centimetres, and millimetres

arduino

This the code. Just copy it and paste it on your Arduino IDE. Comment down below how I can make this code better.

1const int trigPin = 2;
2const int echoPin = 4;
3void setup() { 
4Serial.begin(9600);}
5  
6void loop()
7{
8long duration, inches, cm, mm;
9pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);
10  
11digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); 
12delayMicroseconds(2000); 
13digitalWrite(trigPin,
14  HIGH); 
15delayMicroseconds(1000); 
16digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
17pinMode(echoPin,
18  INPUT); 
19duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
20inches = microsecondsToInches(duration);
21  
22cm = microsecondsToCentimeters(duration);
23mm = microsecondsToMillimeters(duration);
24Serial.print(inches);
25  
26Serial.print("in, "); 
27Serial.print(cm);
28Serial.print("cm, ");
29Serial.print(mm);
30Serial.print("
31  mm");
32Serial.println(); 
33delay(1000);
34}
35long microsecondsToInches(long
36  microseconds)
37{return microseconds / 74 / 2;}
38long microsecondsToCentimeters(long
39  microseconds)
40{return microseconds / 29 / 2;}
41long microsecondsToMillimeters(long
42  microseconds)
43{return microseconds / 2.9 / 2;}

const int trigPin = 2;
const int echoPin = 4;
void setup() { 
Serial.begin(9600);}
  
void loop()
{
long duration, inches, cm, mm;
pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);
  
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); 
delayMicroseconds(2000); 
digitalWrite(trigPin,
  HIGH); 
delayMicroseconds(1000); 
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
pinMode(echoPin,
  INPUT); 
duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
inches = microsecondsToInches(duration);
  
cm = microsecondsToCentimeters(duration);
mm = microsecondsToMillimeters(duration);
Serial.print(inches);
  
Serial.print("in, "); 
Serial.print(cm);
Serial.print("cm, ");
Serial.print(mm);
Serial.print("
  mm");
Serial.println(); 
delay(1000);
}
long microsecondsToInches(long
  microseconds)
{return microseconds / 74 / 2;}
long microsecondsToCentimeters(long
  microseconds)
{return microseconds / 29 / 2;}
long microsecondsToMillimeters(long
  microseconds)
{return microseconds / 2.9 / 2;}

Ultrasonic ruler with inches, centimetres, and millimetres

arduino

This the code. Just copy it and paste it on your Arduino IDE. Comment down below how I can make this code better.

1const int trigPin = 2;
2const int echoPin = 4;
3void setup() { 
4Serial.begin(9600);}  
5void loop()
6{
7long duration, inches, cm, mm;
8pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);  
9digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); 
10delayMicroseconds(2000); 
11digitalWrite(trigPin,  HIGH); 
12delayMicroseconds(1000); 
13digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
14pinMode(echoPin,  INPUT); 
15duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
16inches = microsecondsToInches(duration);  
17cm = microsecondsToCentimeters(duration);
18mm = microsecondsToMillimeters(duration);
19Serial.print(inches);  
20Serial.print("in, "); 
21Serial.print(cm);
22Serial.print("cm, ");
23Serial.print(mm);
24Serial.print("  mm");
25Serial.println(); 
26delay(1000);
27}
28long microsecondsToInches(long  microseconds)
29{return microseconds / 74 / 2;}
30long microsecondsToCentimeters(long  microseconds)
31{return microseconds / 29 / 2;}
32long microsecondsToMillimeters(long  microseconds)
33{return microseconds / 2.9 / 2;}

const int trigPin = 2;
const int echoPin = 4;
void setup() { 
Serial.begin(9600);}  
void loop()
{
long duration, inches, cm, mm;
pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);  
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); 
delayMicroseconds(2000); 
digitalWrite(trigPin,  HIGH); 
delayMicroseconds(1000); 
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
pinMode(echoPin,  INPUT); 
duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
inches = microsecondsToInches(duration);  
cm = microsecondsToCentimeters(duration);
mm = microsecondsToMillimeters(duration);
Serial.print(inches);  
Serial.print("in, "); 
Serial.print(cm);
Serial.print("cm, ");
Serial.print(mm);
Serial.print("  mm");
Serial.println(); 
delay(1000);
}
long microsecondsToInches(long  microseconds)
{return microseconds / 74 / 2;}
long microsecondsToCentimeters(long  microseconds)
{return microseconds / 29 / 2;}
long microsecondsToMillimeters(long  microseconds)
{return microseconds / 2.9 / 2;}

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Ultrasonic Ruler

Just wire the: VCC of Ultrasonic sensor ---> 5V in Arduino Trig of Ultrasonic sensor ---> Pin 2 in Arduino Echo of Ultrasonic sensor ---> Pin 4 in Arduino GND of Ultrasonic sensor ---> To GND in Arduino And then just copy and paste the code above in your Arduino IDE. To see the distance just go to Tools -> Serial Monitor or just put Ctrl+Shift+M or for mac just Command+Shift+M.

Ultrasonic Ruler

The Ultrasonic ruler helps you to measure things with Ultrasonic sounds.

Ultrasonic Ruler

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