Sonar sensors

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• P!-Ro Posts: 1,189

  2009-02-16 04:04 edited 2009-02-16 04:04

  Of course. If you go to the parallax page for the ping sensor you can find plenty of downloads giving you information on·how to do it. Here's the link.
  
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• StormKing09 Posts: 29

  2009-02-17 22:52 edited 2009-02-17 22:52

  Wow. Thanks alot.[noparse]:)[/noparse]
• StormKing09 Posts: 29

  2009-02-17 23:22 edited 2009-02-17 23:22

  Also, does anyone know what the circuit diagram symbol would be for the PING))) sonar sensor? If you do, please let me know. tnx
• Mike Green Posts: 23,101

  2009-02-17 23:39 edited 2009-02-17 23:39

  For complex devices like a PING))), there's usually not any specific symbol used on schematics. The general "black box" symbol used would be a rectangle of some sort with the name of the device included. There's no particular convention for the connections either, but, if there are only a few, they're usually placed on one side. Sometimes the power connections are placed on the "bottom" and the signal connections on one side. If you want to be creative, you could add arcs on one side to imply the sound wavefronts, but the PING))) is much more than just the ultrasonic transducers. There's a microcontroller and a driver / pre-amp.
• StormKing09 Posts: 29

  2009-02-18 20:57 edited 2009-02-18 20:57

  Whaaaaat? Try speaking english dude. I don't gibrish.
• StormKing09 Posts: 29

  2009-02-18 20:58 edited 2009-02-18 20:58

  also, I can't get the sample codes off of the internet. can someone type it into a thread post?
• SRLM Posts: 5,045

  2009-02-18 21:33 edited 2009-02-18 21:33

  TheFulcrum22 said...
  Whaaaaat? Try speaking english dude. I don't gibrish.

  
  Generally, some respect for others is helpful. A better answer might be "I'm sorry, but could you simplify that for a beginner? Thank you." Basically, what Mike is saying is that you'll want to use a box with the name PING))) in it. He gives some general placement of pins on the schematic.
  
  Here's some example ping code:
  
  

  ' {$STAMP BS2}
  ' {$PBASIC 2.5}
  
  ' Conversion constants for room temperature measurements.
  CmConstant    CON   2260
  InConstant    CON   890
  
  cmDistance  VAR   Word
  inDistance  VAR   Word
  time        VAR   Word
  
  DO
    PULSOUT 15, 5
    PULSIN 15, 1, time
  
    cmDistance = cmConstant ** time
    inDistance = inConstant ** time
  
    DEBUG HOME, DEC3 cmDistance, " cm"
    DEBUG CR, DEC3 inDistance, " in"
  
    PAUSE 100
  LOOP
  
  
• StormKing09 Posts: 29

  2009-02-18 23:21 edited 2009-02-18 23:21

  Tnx. Sorry 'bout that.
• StormKing09 Posts: 29

  2009-02-18 23:24 edited 2009-02-18 23:24

  Can you give me some more examples plz. if so, tnx.
• SRLM Posts: 5,045

  2009-02-18 23:33 edited 2009-02-18 23:33

  They're all available on the product page. I'm guessing that, for some reason, you have a download restriction. You'll want to find a way around that.
• StormKing09 Posts: 29

  2009-02-18 23:57 edited 2009-02-18 23:57

  Good guess