Interfacing ultrasonic sensor with Arduino uno

5 mm LED: Green

Buzzer

Ultrasonic Sensor - HC-SR04 (Generic)

Arduino IDE

LED, Blue Green

5 mm LED: Red

Breadboard (generic)

Jumper wires (generic)

Arduino UNO

First of all we need to know what is meant by ultrasonic sensor ? Ultrasonic sensor measures the distance of a target object by emitting ultrasonic sound waves, and converts the reflected sound into an electrical signal. Ultrasonic wave is defined as “inaudible sound with high frequency for human”. Ultrasonic sensors have two main components: the transmitter ( Trigger pin ) and receiver ( Echo pin ). Transmitters convert electrical signals into ultrasound, receivers convert ultrasound into electrical signals, and transceivers can both transmit and receive ultrasound. Ultrasonic sensor has four pins namely Gnd, Vcc, Trigger and Echo. Gnd is considered as the negative pin and is connected to the ground of the system. Vcc basically powers up the sensors typically 3.3 V. Trigger works as the transmitter and echo works as the receiver. <figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/24552531-2755-4131-b3ae-4631a66d2e3b.png /><figcaption>Ultrasonic sensor working and pin diagram.... </figcaption></figure>The Arduino Uno is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328. It has 20 digital input/output pins (of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs and 6 can be used as analog inputs), a 16 MHz resonator, a USB connection, a power jack, an in-circuit system programming (ICSP) header, and a reset button.<figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/b868cbee-1baa-4fcb-be14-22005a2a6058.png /><figcaption>Arduino uno </figcaption></figure>In the simplest terms, a light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when an electric current is passed through it. Light is produced when the particles that carry the current (known as electrons and holes) combine together within the semiconductor material. Led has two terminals : positive and negative. A buzzer or beeper is an audio signaling device, which may be mechanical, electromechanical, or piezoelectric (piezo for short). Typical uses of buzzers and beepers include alarm devices, timers, and confirmation of user input such as a mouse click or keystroke. Buzzer has two terminals : positive and negative.Now we can start working on the circuit : Ultrasonic sensor connections - Vcc to 3.3 V of Arduino Gnd to Gnd of Arduino Trigger to digital pin 1 of Arduino Echo to digital pin 2 of ArduinoLed connections : Negative terminal of the Led should be connected to one led of resistor. And the other leg of resistor should be connected to Gnd of Arduino. Led no 1 positive terminal to digital pin 10 of Arduino Led no 2 positive terminal to digital pin 9 of Arduino Led no 3 positive terminal to digital pin 8 of ArduinoBuzzer connections : Positive terminal of buzzer to digital pin 3 of Arduino. Negative pin to one leg of resistor. Another leg of resistor to Gnd of Arduino.Refer the circuit diagram for better understanding :<figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/736d3375-f5ee-4b76-b6f6-45c2a678da91.png /><figcaption>Circuit diagram for this circuit </figcaption></figure>The circuit diagram is uploaded in the hardware section. Here is the code for the project :<pre ><code >int trigPin = 1;// Trigger pin of Ultrasonic sensor to digital pin 1 of Arduino. int echoPin = 2;// Echo pin of Ultrasonic sensor to digital pin 2 of Arduino. int buzzer = 3;// Buzzer positive terminal to digital pin 3 of Arduino. int LED1 = 10;// Led 1 positive terminal to digital pin 10 of Arduino. int LED2 = 9;// Led 2 positive terminal to digital pin 9 of Arduino. int LED3 = 8;// Led 3 positive terminal to digital pin 10 of Arduino. long duration; int distance; void setup() { pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); // Leds and buzzer is output here. // Arduino and Ultrasonic sensor is input here. pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); pinMode(LED1, OUTPUT); pinMode(LED2, OUTPUT); pinMode(LED3, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(LED1,LOW); digitalWrite(LED2,LOW); digitalWrite(LED3,LOW); Serial.begin(9600); } void loop() { digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); delayMicroseconds(2); digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH); delayMicroseconds(10); digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH); distance= duration*0.034/2; if(distance<=10){ digitalWrite(LED1,HIGH); digitalWrite(LED2,HIGH); digitalWrite(LED3,HIGH); tone(buzzer, 2500); } else if (distance<=20){ digitalWrite(LED1,HIGH); digitalWrite(LED2,HIGH); digitalWrite(LED3,LOW); tone(buzzer, 2500); delay(50); noTone(buzzer); delay(50); } else if(distance<=35){ digitalWrite(LED1,HIGH); digitalWrite(LED2,LOW); digitalWrite(LED3,LOW); tone(buzzer, 2500); delay(250); noTone(buzzer); delay(250); } else{ digitalWrite(LED1,LOW); digitalWrite(LED2,LOW); digitalWrite(LED3,LOW); noTone(buzzer); } Serial.print("Distance from the object = "); Serial.print(distance); Serial.println(" cm"); delay(1000); } </code></pre>.

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Circuit diagram

Interfacing ultrasonic sensor with Arduino uno

In this tutorial we are going to see how to interface Arduino Uno with Ultrasonic sensor. So let's start !!!