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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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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

Writing a program for getting data from the ultrasonic sensor

In this section, you will learn how to write a program to gather data from the ultrasonic sensor. Let's start, as follows:

  1. First, we will define which pins of the STM32 Blue Pill card will be used to read the sensor data. Also, we will declare two variables to save the duration of the sound-wave travel and another for calculating the distance traveled, as illustrated in the following code snippet:
    const int pinTrigger = PC14;
    const int pinEcho = PC13;
    long soundWaveTime;
    long distanceMeasurement;

    The selected pins were the PC13 and PC14 pins (labeled C13 and C14 on the Blue Pill).

  2. Next, in the setup() function, begin the serial communication. You will set the trigger pin as an output pin and the echo pin as an input pin. We need to initialize the trigger in the LOW value. The code is illustrated in the following snippet:
    void setup() {
      Serial.begin(9600);
      pinMode(pinTrigger, OUTPUT...
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