This code will print to the Serial Monitor the amount of light detected by the sensor.
// Sensor pin is connected to pin A0 (analog) on the Arduino circuit boardint sensorPin =0;// Define variablesint lightValue;voidsetup() { // Establish the component connection and its type (output/input)pinMode(sensorPin, INPUT); // Start Serial connection (9600 Baud)Serial.begin(9600);}voidloop() { // Read and store light amount lightValue =analogRead(sensorPin); // Print data to the Serial Monitor every 0.1 secondsSerial.print("Light Value: ");Serial.println(lightValue);delay(100);}
Ultrasonic Distance Sensor
This sensor works like a bat or a clicker from The Last of Us to detect objects and their distance from the sensor using a soundwave pulse outside of human hearing ranges.
Additional Supplies
Ultrasonic Sensor
(distant sensor)
Diagram
Code
This code will print to the Serial Monitor the distance of an object in front of the sensor.
// Trigger pin is connected to pin 6 on the Arduino circuit boardint trigPin =7;// Echo pin is connected to pin 7 on the Arduino circuit boardint echoPin =6;// Define variableslong duration; // Holds the duration it takes for the sound to bounce backint distance; // Hold the calculated distancevoidsetup() { // Establish the component connection and its type (output/input)pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); // Start Serial connection (19200 Baud)Serial.begin(19200);}voidloop() { // Clears the trigPin condition (turns it off)digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);delayMicroseconds(2); // Sets the trigPin to HIGH or active for 10 microseconds then off // This is like a "ping" it sends outdigitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);delayMicroseconds(5);digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); // Reads the echoPin value and returns the // sound wave travel time in microseconds duration =pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH); // Calculates the distance in inches based on the speed of sound distance = duration /74/2; // Displays the result in the Serial Monitor // Will say it's out of range if zero or more than 400 inches (most likely an error)if (distance >=400|| distance <=0){Serial.println("Out of range"); } else {Serial.print("Distance: ");Serial.print(distance);Serial.println(" in."); }}