Arduino Ultrasonic Sensor LCD Distance Measurement

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LiquidCrystal LCD(10, 9, 5, 4, 3, 2); int trigPin=13; //Sensor Trip pin connected to Arduino pin 13 int echoPin=11; //Sensor Echo pin connected to Arduino pin 11 int myCounter=0; //declare your variable myCounter and set to 0 int servoControlPin=6; //Servo control line is connected to pin 6 float pingTime; //time for ping to travel from sensor to target and return float targetDistance; //Distance to Target in inches float speedOfSound=776.5; //Speed of sound in miles per hour when temp is 77 degrees. void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); LCD.begin(16,2); //Tell Arduino to start your 16 column 2 row LCD LCD.setCursor(0,0); //Set LCD cursor to upper left corner, column 0, row 0 LCD.print("Target Distance:"); //Print Message on First Row } void loop() { digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); //Set trigger pin low delayMicroseconds(2000); //Let signal settle digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH); //Set trigPin high delayMicroseconds(15); //Delay in high state digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); //ping has now been sent delayMicroseconds(10); //Delay in high state pingTime = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH); //pingTime is presented in microceconds pingTime=pingTime/1000000; //convert pingTime to seconds by dividing by 1000000 (microseconds in a second) pingTime=pingTime/3600; //convert pingtime to hourse by dividing by 3600 (seconds in an hour) targetDistance= speedOfSound * pingTime; //This will be in miles, since speed of sound was miles per hour targetDistance=targetDistance/2; //Remember ping travels to target and back from target, so you must divide by 2 for actual target distance. targetDistance= targetDistance*63360; //Convert miles to inches by multipling by 63360 (inches per mile) LCD.setCursor(0,1); //Set cursor to first column of second row LCD.print(" "); //Print blanks to clear the row LCD.setCursor(0,1); //Set Cursor again to first column of second row LCD.print(targetDistance); //Print measured distance LCD.print(" inches"); //Print your units. delay(250); //pause to let things settle }

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