Solved - PING alternative HC-SR04 coding problem!

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• VonSzarvas Posts: 3,593

  2018-01-20 11:42

  Is the logic protocol the same as Ping?
  
  Ping idles low and asserts high.
• Jorge P Posts: 385

  2018-01-20 12:37

  VonSzarvas wrote: »

  Is the logic protocol the same as Ping? Ping idles low and asserts high.

  
  Yes, according to its datasheet it is.
  
  And just to clarify, I am getting results but I can only detect readings between 2 and 6 centimeters. it should be more between 2 and 400 according to the specifications so I think some timing calculations, I have are off, which should be more apparent to someone with more experienced with spin than I am.
  
  
• Jorge P Posts: 385

  2018-01-20 13:15

  Oops was a bad hole on the breadboard, code works fine I checked all 10 units and they work with this code! I used a ruler to test the distance measurement and it seems to be calculated from the HC-SR04 units PCB and not from the Ultrasonic sensors. Got readings out to 1,000mm then I couldn't read the screen of pst.
  

  {{
    Sparkfun's HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor on the Propeller :)
  
    I've only seen this in C code for the Propeller so here it is
    in SPIN.
  
  
  }}
  CON
          _clkmode = xtal1 + pll16x
          _xinfreq = 5_000_000
  
          TRIG   = 1  ' Connected to P1
          ECHO   = 0  ' Connected to P0
  
          HIGH   = 1
          LOW    = 0
  
          INPUT  = 0
          OUTPUT = 1
  
          MAX_DIST = 23_200
  
          DEBUG = 1            ' 1 = true, 0 = false
  
          ' from Timing.spin
          _10us = 1_000_000 /        10                         ' Divisor for 10 us
          _1ms  = 1_000_000 /     1_000                         ' Divisor for 1 ms
          _1s   = 1_000_000 / 1_000_000                         ' Divisor for 1 s
  
          ' from dualPing.spin
          TO_IN_std = 74_641  ' std atmosphere speed of sound, us per inch traveled @ 59F air temperature
          TO_CM_std = 29_386  ' std atmosphere speed of sound, us per cm traveled @ 59F air temperature
  
  OBJ
          pst : "Parallax Serial Terminal"
  
  
  VAR
          LONG pulse_Start
          LONG pulse_Stop
  
          ' from Timing.spin
          LONG delay
          LONG syncpoint
          LONG clkcycles
  
  
          
  
  PUB Main | Microseconds, Distance, cnt1, cnt2
      waitcnt(clkfreq * 5 + cnt)
      pst.start(115200)
  
      ' set pin directions
      OUTA[TRIG] := HIGH        ' Direction not set but set the state low
      DIRA[TRIG] := OUTPUT      ' Set to Output
      OUTA[TRIG] := LOW         ' Ensure it is still Low
      
      DIRA[ECHO] := INPUT       ' Set the echo input
  
      IF DEBUG == 1
        pst.Str(STRING("Directions Set, ready for testing!"))
        NL
  
      REPEAT
        ' main loop
        OUTA[TRIG] := HIGH
        pause10us(1)
        OUTA[TRIG] := LOW
        WAITPNE(0, |< ECHO, 0)
        cnt1 := CNT
        WAITPEQ(0, |< ECHO, 0)
        cnt2 := CNT
        Microseconds := (||(cnt1 - cnt2) / (CLKFREQ / 1_000_000)) >> 1
        if DEBUG == 1
          pst.Home
          pst.ClearEnd
          pst.Dec(Microseconds)
          pst.Str(STRING(" us. "))
        Distance := Millimeters(Microseconds)
  
        IF DEBUG == 1
          pst.Dec(Distance)
          pst.Str(STRING(" mm."))
  
        pause1ms(100)
  
  
  
  PUB Inches(ms) : Distance
  ''Measure object distance in inches
  
    Distance := ms * 1_000 / TO_IN                                        ' Distance In Inches
  
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
  PUB Centimeters(ms) : Distance                                                  
  ''Measure object distance in centimeters
                                                
    Distance := Millimeters(ms) / 10                                             ' Distance In Centimeters
  
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
  PUB Millimeters(ms) : Distance                                                  
  ''Measure object distance in millimeters
                                                
    Distance := ms * 10_000 / TO_CM                                       ' Distance In Millimeters
  
  
  'from dualPing.spin
  
  PUB calibrate(Tamb)
      ''Adjust Ping))) calibration constants to reflect ambient 
      ''temperature impact on speed of sound (temperature assumed to be °F)
      Tamb += 460
      TO_IN := TO_IN_std * (^^(Tamb * 1_000_000)) / (^^518_690_000)
      TO_CM := TO_IN * TO_CM_std / TO_IN_std
  
  'From Timing.spin
  
  PUB pause10us(period)
      '' Pause execution for period (in units of 10 us)
      clkcycles := ((CLKFREQ / _10us * period) - 4296) #> 381    ' Calculate 10 us time unit
      WAITCNT(clkcycles + CNT)                                   ' Wait for designated time
  
  'From Timing.spin
  
  PUB pause1ms(period)
      '' Pause execution for period (in units of 1 ms).
      clkcycles := ((CLKFREQ / _1ms * period) - 4296) #> 381     ' Calculate 1 ms time unit
      WAITCNT(clkcycles + CNT)                                   ' Wait for designated time
    
  'From Timing.spin
  
  PUB pause1s(period)
      '' Pause execution for period (in units of 1 sec).
      clkcycles := ((CLKFREQ / _1s * period) - 4296) #> 381      ' Calculate 1 s time unit
      WAITCNT(clkcycles + CNT)                                   ' Wait for designated time
  
  'From Timing.spin  
  
  PUB marksync10us(period)
      delay := (CLKFREQ / _10us * period) #> 381                 ' Calculate 10 us time unit 
      syncpoint := CNT
  
  'From Timing.spin  
  
  PUB waitsync
      WAITCNT(syncpoint += delay)
  
  
      
  PRI NL
      pst.NewLine
  
  
  PRI CLS
      pst.Clear
  
  DAT
  '-----------[ Predefined variables and constants ]-----------------------------
          TO_IN         LONG      74_641                  '
          TO_CM         LONG      29_386