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Ultrasonic Sensor Tutorial

The document provides instructions for using an ultrasonic distance sensor from Adafruit. It explains that the sensor works by emitting ultrasonic sound pulses and measuring the time it takes for the pulses to bounce back, allowing it to determine the distance of objects. It notes the sensor connects to the Arduino with connections to 5V, GND, and AN pins. The document advises reading the datasheet for more details on using the sensor and preventing interference when multiple sensors are used.

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Ultrasonic Sensor Tutorial

The document provides instructions for using an ultrasonic distance sensor from Adafruit. It explains that the sensor works by emitting ultrasonic sound pulses and measuring the time it takes for the pulses to bounce back, allowing it to determine the distance of objects. It notes the sensor connects to the Arduino with connections to 5V, GND, and AN pins. The document advises reading the datasheet for more details on using the sensor and preventing interference when multiple sensors are used.

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ENGRI 1820

ELCA
Fall 2015

How to use Ultrasonic Sensor


The ultrasonic distance sensor provided is from adafruit
(https://www.adafruit.com/products/980). There are
several types on adafruit, not sure which one you have, but
the interface should be the same. You should have soldered
headers onto the sensor to interface with it. You can see
what pins mean what in the picture to the lower right and
in the little slip that came with the sensor. Theres a lot
there, but you only need to care about 5V, GND, and AN.
Connect 5V to 5V, GND to GND, and AN to an analog
input pin on the Arduino. Use Serial.println() in your code and serial monitor to find out what
values the Arduino is getting from the sensor as an object gets closer and further
Inside the casing is a little speaker that emits ultrasonic
(high frequency) sound, and a microphone. Theres
some electronics inside to change the output voltage
based on the time it takes for an ultrasonic pulse to
bounce back. Because of how sound can reflect off
objects, this type of sensor can mess up a lot when
trying to get precise distance measurements.
Thankfully, this project should not require anything too
precise.
Read the datasheet for the sensor, you can find it on the
Adafruit site I linked before. It has good information
about the sensor, like how to prevent multiple sensors
from interfering with one another, and have nothing
be near it when it starts up to allow it to calibrate
properly.

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