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[challenge-bot] / build-stages / b_left_sonar / b_left_sonar.ino

/*
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    published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
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 */
// yellow wire
int left_echo_pin = 11;
// blue wire
int left_trigger_pin = 12;

int ping_microseconds = 0;
double sound_cm_per_microsecond_at_sea_level = 0.034029;
int count = 0;

void setup(){
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(left_echo_pin, INPUT);
  pinMode(left_trigger_pin, OUTPUT);}

void loop(){
  // make sure trigger pin is off, a.k.a. LOW
  digitalWrite(left_trigger_pin, LOW);
  delayMicroseconds(2);

  // send a 10 microsecond HIGH pulse to the trigger pin
  digitalWrite(left_trigger_pin, HIGH);
  delayMicroseconds(10); // leave the pin on for 10 microseconds
  digitalWrite(left_trigger_pin, LOW);

  ping_microseconds = pulseIn(left_echo_pin, HIGH);

  // wait for the sonar sensor hardware to recover from pinging
  delayMicroseconds(50);

  // print out the pulse time
  Serial.print(ping_microseconds);
  Serial.print(" = ping time (microseconds), ");
  Serial.print(ping_microseconds * sound_cm_per_microsecond_at_sea_level / 2);
  Serial.print(" = distance (cm). #");
  Serial.println(count++);

  // wait so it's easier to read the serial monitor.
  // change delay to 0 for fullspeed.
  //  default is 333, which is about 1/3 of a second
  delay(333);}