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UltraSonic + BS2

irivineirivine Posts: 18
edited 2008-09-22 06:11 in BASIC Stamp
I have just purchase the following product , ultra sensor and basic stamp 2 ,Parallax 2x16 Serial LCD(Backlit)·and serial version development board.

From the source code provided from the website , i could display the distance in inches and in cm on the LCD
I have some problem in adding some other features that i would like , this are the following:

1)i would like to display the Speed emit by the urltasonic sensor in the LCD
2)i would like to display the inches , cm and speed up to 2 decimal place , i wonder if its possible


The following is the code for the project

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[noparse][[/noparse] Program Description ]

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[noparse][[/noparse] Revision History ]

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[noparse][[/noparse] I/O Definitions ]
Ping··········· PIN···· 8·············· ' Ping))) IO pin
LCD············ PIN···· 15············· ' serial output to LCD

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[noparse][[/noparse] Constants ]
#SELECT $STAMP
· #CASE BS2, BS2E
··· T2400······ CON···· 396
··· T9600······ CON···· 84
··· T19K2······ CON···· 32
··· Trigger···· CON···· 5·············· ' trigger pulse = 10 uS
··· Scale······ CON···· $200··········· ' raw x 2.00 = uS
· #CASE BS2SX, BS2P
··· T2400······ CON···· 1021
··· T9600······ CON···· 240
··· T19K2······ CON···· 110
··· Trigger···· CON···· 13
··· Scale······ CON···· $0CD··········· ' raw x 0.80 = uS
· #CASE BS2PE
··· T2400······ CON···· 396
··· T9600······ CON···· 84
··· T19K2······ CON···· 32
··· Trigger···· CON···· 5
··· Scale······ CON···· $1E1··········· ' raw x 1.88 = uS
#ENDSELECT
LcdBaud········ CON···· T19K2
LcdBkSpc······· CON···· $08············ ' move cursor left
LcdRt·········· CON···· $09············ ' move cursor right
LcdLF·········· CON···· $0A············ ' move cursor down 1 line
LcdCls········· CON···· $0C············ ' clear LCD (use PAUSE 5 after)
LcdCR·········· CON···· $0D············ ' move pos 0 of next line
LcdBLon········ CON···· $11············ ' backlight on
LcdBLoff······· CON···· $12············ ' backlight off
LcdOff········· CON···· $15············ ' LCD off
LcdOn1········· CON···· $16············ ' LCD on; cursor off, blink off
LcdOn2········· CON···· $17············ ' LCD on; cursor off, blink on
LcdOn3········· CON···· $18············ ' LCD on; cursor on, blink off
LcdOn4········· CON···· $19············ ' LCD on; cursor on, blink on
LcdLine1······· CON···· $80············ ' move to line 1, column 0
LcdLine2······· CON···· $94············ ' move to line 2, column 0
LcdCC0········· CON···· $F8············ ' define custom char 0
LcdCC1········· CON···· $F9············ ' define custom char 1
LcdCC2········· CON···· $FA············ ' define custom char 2
LcdCC3········· CON···· $FB············ ' define custom char 3
LcdCC4········· CON···· $FC············ ' define custom char 4
LcdCC5········· CON···· $FD············ ' define custom char 5
LcdCC6········· CON···· $FE············ ' define custom char 6
LcdCC7········· CON···· $FF············ ' define custom char 7
RawToIn········ CON···· 889············ ' 1 / 73.746 (with **)
RawToCm········ CON···· 2257··········· ' 1 / 29.034 (with **)
IsHigh········· CON···· 1·············· ' for PULSOUT
IsLow·········· CON···· 0

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[noparse][[/noparse] Variables ]
rawDist········ VAR···· Word··········· ' raw measurement
inches········· VAR···· Word
cm············· VAR···· Word
spc············ VAR···· Nib············ ' spaces (for right-justification)

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[noparse][[/noparse] EEPROM Data ]

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[noparse][[/noparse] Initialization ]
Reset:
· HIGH LCD····························· ' setup serial output pin
· PAUSE 100···························· ' allow LCD to initialize
Customize:
· SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [noparse][[/noparse]LcdCC7,
······················· $00, $02, $11, $09, $11, $02, $00, $00]
Banner:
· SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [noparse][[/noparse]LcdOn1, LcdCls]
· PAUSE 10
· SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [noparse][[/noparse]LcdLine1, "Distance Sensor ",
······················· LcdLine2, "Please Wait···· "]
· PAUSE 1000
· SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [noparse][[/noparse]LcdOn1, LcdCls]
· PAUSE 10

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[noparse][[/noparse] Program Code ]
Main:
· DO
··· GOSUB Get_Sonar···························· ' get sensor value
··· inches = rawDist ** RawToIn················ ' convert to inches
··· cm = rawDist ** RawToCm···················· ' convert to centimeters
··· IF (cm > 350) THEN
····· SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [noparse][[/noparse]LcdLine1, "···· TARGET···· ",
··························· LcdLine2, "· OUT OF RANGE· "]
··· ELSE
····· 'SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [noparse][[/noparse]LcdLine1, "PING", 7,")··· "]
····· LOOKDOWN inches, >=[noparse][[/noparse]100, 10, 0], spc
····· SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [noparse][[/noparse]LcdLine1, "Dist(In)· ",
··························· REP " "\spc, DEC inches,
··························· " in"]
····· LOOKDOWN cm, >=[noparse][[/noparse]100, 10, 0], spc
····· SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [noparse][[/noparse]LcdLine2, "Dist(Cm)· ",
··························· REP " "\spc, DEC cm,
··························· " cm"]
··· ENDIF
··· PAUSE 500
· LOOP
· END

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[noparse][[/noparse] Subroutines ]
Get_Sonar:
· Ping = IsLow························· ' make trigger 0-1-0
· PULSOUT Ping, Trigger················ ' activate sensor
· PULSIN· Ping, IsHigh, rawDist········ ' measure echo pulse
· rawDist = rawDist */ Scale··········· ' convert to uS
· rawDist = rawDist / 2················ ' remove return trip
· RETURN

Comments

  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2008-09-21 17:10
    A link to the sensor you are talking about would be helpful. What do you mean by Speed and how would you calculate it. The others seem to be able to be done.

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  • irivineirivine Posts: 18
    edited 2008-09-22 05:58
    the following is the sensor i am using

    http://www.parallax.com/Store/Sensors/ObjectDetection/tabid/176/CategoryID/51/List/0/Level/a/ProductID/92/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName%2cProductName

    the speed i am refering to is the pulse emit by the sensor , i am not sure about the caculation of the speed .

    Thanks !
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2008-09-22 06:11
    Read the documentation provided by the links on the webstore product page for the PING))) sensor. There's a discussion in there about the speed of sound and its relationship to the pulse width provided by the PING))).

    The Stamps do not have floating point capability. It is possible though to do the conversion from microseconds to 1/100s of an inch or 1/100s of a cm. You just have to change the divisors used to scale the microsecond values.

    Post Edited (Mike Green) : 9/22/2008 6:18:05 AM GMT
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