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DIY Microcontroller Projects for Hobbyists

You're reading from   DIY Microcontroller Projects for Hobbyists The ultimate project-based guide to building real-world embedded applications in C and C++ programming

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800564138
Length 320 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Miguel Angel Garcia-Ruiz Miguel Angel Garcia-Ruiz
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Miguel Angel Garcia-Ruiz
Pedro Cesar Santana Mancilla Pedro Cesar Santana Mancilla
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Microcontrollers and Microcontroller Boards 2. Chapter 2: Software Setup and C Programming for Microcontroller Boards FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Turning an LED On or Off Using a Push Button 4. Chapter 4: Measuring the Amount of Light with a Photoresistor 5. Chapter 5: Humidity and Temperature Measurement 6. Chapter 6: Morse Code SOS Visual Alarm with a Bright LED 7. Chapter 7: Creating a Clap Switch 8. Chapter 8: Gas Sensor 9. Chapter 9: IoT Temperature-Logging System 10. Chapter 10: IoT Plant Pot Moisture Sensor 11. Chapter 11: IoT Solar Energy (Voltage) Measurement 12. Chapter 12: COVID-19 Digital Body Temperature Measurement (Thermometer) 13. Chapter 13: COVID-19 Social-Distancing Alert 14. Chapter 14: COVID-19 20-Second Hand Washing Timer 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Reading data from the soil moisture sensor module

You will now learn how to code a program that reads the information from the moisture sensor and shows on the serial monitor if the plant pot needs watering or is moist enough.

Let's start developing the program to collect the sensor data from the STM32 Blue Pill, as follows:

  1. Let's get started writing the code. This time, we won't need any additional libraries. Define which of the STM32 Blue Pill card pins will be used as input for reading the sensor data. Also, declare a variable to save the reading data from the sensor, as follows:
    const int sensorPin = PB12;
    int sensorValue = 0;

    The input pin will be the PB12 pin (labeled B12 on the Blue Pill). Also, we initialize the sensorValue variable to a value of 0.

  2. Next, in the setup() part, we need to start the serial data transmission and assign the speed of the transfer (as usual, we will use 9,600 bits per second (bps) as the standard value). Here is the code...
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