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Ardoino Experiment with Servo and Sonar
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| // Controlling a servo position using a potentiometer (variable resistor) | |
| // by Michal Rinott <http://people.interaction-ivrea.it/m.rinott> | |
| #include <Servo.h> | |
| Servo myservo; // create servo object to control a servo | |
| int potpin = 0; // analog pin used to connect the potentiometer | |
| int val; // variable to read the value from the analog pin | |
| // Ultrasonic Sensor | |
| int ultrasonic_trig_pin = 51; | |
| int ultrasonic_echo_pin = 50; | |
| long duration, cm; | |
| /* | |
| * Get the distance from the ultrasonic sensor | |
| * return in cm | |
| */ | |
| long get_distance() { | |
| // Send soundwave | |
| pinMode(ultrasonic_trig_pin, OUTPUT); | |
| digitalWrite(ultrasonic_trig_pin, LOW); | |
| delayMicroseconds(2); | |
| digitalWrite(ultrasonic_trig_pin, HIGH); | |
| delayMicroseconds(10); | |
| digitalWrite(ultrasonic_trig_pin, LOW); | |
| // Read it | |
| pinMode(ultrasonic_echo_pin, INPUT); | |
| duration = pulseIn(ultrasonic_echo_pin, HIGH); | |
| return duration / 29 / 2; // Return in cm's | |
| } | |
| void setup() | |
| { | |
| Serial.begin(9600); | |
| myservo.attach(21); // attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object | |
| } | |
| void loop() | |
| { | |
| //val = analogRead(potpin); // reads the value of the potentiometer (value between 0 and 1023) | |
| //val = map(val, 0, 1023, 0, 179); // scale it to use it with the servo (value between 0 and 180) | |
| for(int i = -50; i < 180; i++) { | |
| myservo.write(i); // sets the servo position according to the scaled value | |
| Serial.print(get_distance()); | |
| Serial.print("cm"); | |
| Serial.print("\n"); | |
| delay(20); | |
| } | |
| // waits for the servo to get there | |
| } |
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