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Arduino Uno
Conductivity Sample Code

//This code was written to be easy to understand.

//Code efficiency was not considered.
//Modify this code as you see fit.
//This code will output data to the Arduino serial monitor.
//Type commands into the Arduino serial monitor to control the EC circuit.
//This code was written in the Arduino 1.6.5 IDE
//An Arduino UNO was used to test this code.

GND

9
8

7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
AREF

13
12

10
11

RESET

RX0
TX0
DIGITAL (PWM= )
ICSP2
L

TX ON
Arduino
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RX
1
ICSP
center

sheild

POWER ANALOG IN
RESET
IOREF

GND
GND
3V3

VIN
5V

A0

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

BNC

#include <SoftwareSerial.h> //we have to include the SoftwareSerial library, or else we can't use it
#define rx 2 //define what pin rx is going to be
#define tx 3 //define what pin tx is going to be

SoftwareSerial myserial(rx, tx); //define how the soft serial port is going to work

String inputstring = ""; //a string to hold incoming data from the PC
String sensorstring = ""; //a string to hold the data from the Atlas Scientific product
boolean input_string_complete = false; //have we received all the data from the PC
boolean sensor_string_complete = false; //have we received all the data from the Atlas Scientific product

void setup() { //set up the hardware

Serial.begin(9600); //set baud rate for the hardware serial port_0 to 9600
myserial.begin(9600); //set baud rate for the software serial port to 9600
inputstring.reserve(10); //set aside some bytes for receiving data from the PC
sensorstring.reserve(30); //set aside some bytes for receiving data from Atlas Scientific product
}

void serialEvent() { //if the hardware serial port_0 receives a char

inputstring = Serial.readStringUntil(13); //read the string until we see a <CR>
input_string_complete = true; //set the flag used to tell if we have received a completed string from the PC
}

void loop() { //here we go...

if (input_string_complete) { //if a string from the PC has been received in its entirety
myserial.print(inputstring); //send that string to the Atlas Scientific product
myserial.print('\r'); //add a <CR> to the end of the string
inputstring = ""; //clear the string
input_string_complete = false; //reset the flag used to tell if we have received a completed string from the PC
}

if (myserial.available() > 0) { //if we see that the Atlas Scientific product has sent a character
char inchar = (char)myserial.read(); //get the char we just received
sensorstring += inchar; //add the char to the var called sensorstring
if (inchar == '\r') { //if the incoming character is a <CR>
sensor_string_complete = true; //set the flag
}
}

if (sensor_string_complete == true) { //if a string from the Atlas Scientific product has been received in its entirety
if (isdigit(sensorstring[0]) == false) { //if the first character in the string is a digit
Serial.println(sensorstring); //send that string to the PC's serial monitor
}
else //if the first character in the string is NOT a digit
{
print_EC_data(); //then call this function
}
sensorstring = ""; //clear the string
sensor_string_complete = false; //reset the flag used to tell if we have received a completed string from the
} //Atlas Scientific product
}

void print_EC_data(void) { //this function will pars the string

char sensorstring_array[30]; //we make a char array

char *EC; //char pointer used in string parsing
char *TDS; //char pointer used in string parsing
char *SAL; //char pointer used in string parsing
char *GRAV; //char pointer used in string parsing
float f_ec; //used to hold a floating point number that is the EC

sensorstring.toCharArray(sensorstring_array, 30); //convert the string to a char array

EC = strtok(sensorstring_array, ","); //let's pars the array at each comma
TDS = strtok(NULL, ","); //let's pars the array at each comma
SAL = strtok(NULL, ","); //let's pars the array at each comma
GRAV = strtok(NULL, ","); //let's pars the array at each comma

Serial.print("EC:"); //we now print each value we parsed separately

Serial.println(EC); //this is the EC value

Serial.print("TDS:"); //we now print each value we parsed separately

Serial.println(TDS); //this is the TDS value

Serial.print("SAL:"); //we now print each value we parsed separately

Serial.println(SAL); //this is the salinity value

Serial.print("GRAV:"); //we now print each value we parsed separately

Serial.println(GRAV); //this is the specific gravity
Serial.println(); //this just makes the output easier to read

//f_ec= atof(EC); //uncomment this line to convert the char to a float

}

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