Tuesday 8 April 2014

Distance Finder and Temperature meter using Arduino microcontroller

Hello friends!! Its been a long long time since I visited my blog now I have decided to write a post on Arduino technology.
So my techie friends who wish to work with electronic components here's a golden chance to understand and start your field of interest from here only.
To learn more about Arduino, please go through Wikipedia's link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino

Click on the image to get a bigger view of what I have made.




Things you would be requiring before starting off the project:

1. Firstly installing the Arduino IDE for compiling and uploading the code on Arduino chip. Here is the link: http://arduino.cc/en/main/software

2. Arduino UNO R3 - Rs.1395 (http://fabtolab.com/UNO-R3?search=arduino%20uno)

3. 16x2 Character LCD Module - Rs.230 (http://fabtolab.com/16x2-LCD-Module-Green)

4. TMP 36 IC - Rs.85 (http://fabtolab.com/sensors/temperature-sensors/TMP36GT9Z-temperature-sensor)

5. HC-SR04 - Rs.135 (http://fabtolab.com/sensors/distance-proximity-sensors/HC-SR04-ultrasonic)

6. Buzzer - Rs.14 (http://fabtolab.com/5V-piezo-buzzer)

7. Male Headers(used for soldering on LCD) - Rs.6 (http://fabtolab.com/components/miscellaneous-components/male-headers)

8. Breadboard - Rs.125 (http://fabtolab.com/breadboard-850-pts)

9. Rest you require are few male to male cables to connect the components.- Rs.100 (Various sizes available on FabtoLab.com)

Plus Shipping - Rs.55

This project has costed me around 2100 bucks. But seriously spending this much amount on it is worthy.

Interfacing diagram of HC_SR04 which is the ultrasonic sensor used to find distance by sending and receiving ultrasonic waves and calculating their time. This is a high precision device with the precision of 0.3 cm and its range is: 2cm – 450 cm
Personally I have tested this device till 350 cms. If anybody has tested with more range ,please drop me a mail.



Interfacing diagram of LCD with Arduino. It can display 16 characters per line and there are 2 such lines.


Below is the LCD pinout for deep understanding the interfacing.


Interfacing diagram of TMP36 module

1st pin : 5V
2nd pin : A0 on arduino
3rd pin : GND on arduino

Interfacing diagram of Buzzer: It is optional for producing beep sound if distance becomes less than 20 cms.

+ve of buzzer - 9 Digital pin which is PWM pin
-ve of buzzer - GND of arduino

NOTE: This device can only work as temperature monitor or distance finder at once.
Here is the arduino code available for download.

Temperature Monitorhttp://www.mediafire.com/view/1uo3x9gr7ge7huz/LCD_Thermometer.ino

Distance Finderhttp://www.mediafire.com/view/93wmy47pkr5pkbc/LCD_distance_finder.ino

Likes and Shares are always appreciated. Keep reading for more Arduino projects.

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