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Raspberry Pi Sensors

You're reading from   Raspberry Pi Sensors Integrate sensors into your Raspberry Pi projects and let your powerful microcomputer interact with the physical world

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784393618
Length 192 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rushi Gajjar Rushi Gajjar
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Preface 1. Meeting Your Buddy – the Raspberry Pi FREE CHAPTER 2. Meeting the World of Electronics 3. Measuring Distance Using Ultrasonic Sensors 4. Monitoring the Atmosphere Using Sensors 5. Using an ADC to Interface any Analog Sensor with the Raspberry Pi 6. Uploading Data Online – Spreadsheets, Mobile, and E-mails 7. Creating an Image Sensor Using a Camera and OpenCV A. Shopping List Index

Fixing common problems

While building the project, many of us will not get the output the first time. Let's solve the common problems collaboratively. There are some frequently occurring problems while building the projects with the RasPi and the ultrasonic sensors.

Is it showing the distance incorrectly?

You are so enthusiastic to write the code by yourselves, and you might have been mistaken. Check the timings of turning the trigger pin for the perfect amount of time, and check whether you have read the echo pin correctly.

Some of the device response may be slow. I recommend that you add a delay of 60 ms after making the trigger pin low, as shown in the following code:

GPIO.output(23, False)
time.sleep(0.06)

If you are still not getting the result, try playing around with these values of delay. Also, check for the correct indentation of the code, which might be the major reason that you are facing the problem.

There is a high chance that you may be having so many things on your table that...

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