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Materials for this activity: 


Items for Part 1

Ultrasound Sensor
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Jumper Wires
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Arduino and USB Connector
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These are for part 2

LEDs 
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Buzzer
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Breadboard
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What is Ultrasound?

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Several animals send out high frequency sound that reflects off of other objects. They then sense their own reflected sound when it comes back. The loudness and time it takes to come back depends on the distance to the object. 

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Watch RCC's Mrs. Miller Introduce Ultrasound 

Ultrasound sensor wiring and coding basics

Wire up your ultrasonic sensor like this picture. 

VCC is connected to the 5V Arduino pin 
Trig is connected to Arduino pin 3 
Echo is connected to Arduino pin 2 
Gnd is connected to an Arduino GND pin
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Now that you have it wired, you are ready to type in the example code. 
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Here is the code with descriptions of what each line does. 
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Verify and upload the code to the board


Making the Arduino Light Up if you get to close

We will now add a little bit to our code so that when you get closer than three feet to something, a light will turn on. Three feet is 91 centimeters, we will need to know that number later. You can pick a different difference away. Every foot is about 30 cm. 

To do this, we have to add what is called a condition. This can be done with an "if/else" statement. 
Here is an example of an if/else we can add before the end of our code to do this. 
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Put this right after the last code's Serial Prints and the delay. What this does is if the distance is between 0 and 91 cm, then the light is on, otherwise the light is off. 
We also need to define the LED's location and that it's pin would be an output. Let's add to the ultrasound code to do that similar to the example below. 
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Example Wiring

Example Code

The only thing we are adding is the LED to GND and pin 13. Remember to use a blue or white light if you do not want to use a resistor. If you want to use a different color light, you will need to add a 220 or 330 Ohm resistor to the light. Ask your teacher about how to do this before doing it though. 
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Verify and Upload Code to the Board, Does it Work?  

Is the code working, what is happening? Ask your teacher for help if you need it. 

Trying the Buzzer

If you got your light to shine when you got too close to the sensor, then you can do the same thing but with the buzzer instead.

Replace the light with a buzzer and see if it now buzzes when you get too close! 

After that works, use your breadboard by connecting a wire to GND to - and pin 13 to the + rail. Then you can plug as many lights and buzzers in parallel to the breadboard rail. See if you can control multiple things at once with the ultrasound sensor.
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This lesson was inspired by a Dr.Duino lesson: ​ www.drduino.com

hackaday.com/2020/04/09/ultrasonic-sensor-helps-you-enforce-social-distancing/
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  • Home
  • 2025 RCC Camp
    • Day 1: Basic Coding >
      • Button Control
      • Multicolor LED
      • Fading multicolor led
      • Melody (sound)
    • Day 2: Servos and Potentiometers >
      • DC Motor
      • Ultrasound
      • Potentiometer and Motors
      • 2 servo control >
        • Analog Stick Control
      • PIR Motion Sensor
      • IR Light Proximity Sensor
    • Day 3 Making an ECG/EKG! >
      • ECG/EKG health lesson
      • OLED Screen Basics
      • Pictures to OLED
      • BPM on OLED
    • Day 4: Measuring Pulse >
      • Scrolling Screen Graph
      • How the body absorbs light
      • Screen Pictures
      • IR Temp Sensor And Screen
    • Day 5: Finishing up/Show >
      • IR Light Proximity Sensor
      • PIR Motion Sensor
      • CO2 Sensor
      • Ultrasound distance sensor
  • The Teachers
  • Our Partners
  • Archive
    • 2024 Health-STEM Coding Camp >
      • Home (2024)
      • The Teachers
      • Day 1: Basics and Lights
    • 2024 Coding/Robotics Camp >
      • Day 1: Basic Coding >
        • Saving your codes
        • Engineering design
      • Day 2 Servos >
        • 2 Servos, one potentiometer
        • Multicolor LED >
          • Fading multicolor led
    • Pictures from prior years
    • 2023 3D Design Camp >
      • Day 1: 2D design
      • Day 2: 3D design basics
      • Day 3: Constraints
    • 2023 Health-STEM Coding Camp >
      • PreAcademy prep
      • Day 1: Basics and Lights >
        • Multicolor LED
        • Button Control
      • Day 2: Ultrasound >
        • Ultrasound Health Lesson
        • Supplement Melody
        • Supplement: Servo >
          • Potentiometer and Motors
          • 2 servo control
      • Day 3: Measuring Pulse >
        • How the body absorbs light
        • OLED Screen Basics >
          • Scrolling Screen Graph
      • Day 4 Making an ECG/EKG! >
        • ECG Health Lesson
        • Pictures to OLED
        • BPM on OLED
      • Day 5: Finishing up/Show
    • 2021 STEM Camp (HS) >
      • The Teachers (2021)
      • PreAcademy prep
      • Day 1: Basics, Lights, and Temperature Sensor >
        • Day 1 Supplement: Measure Temperature
        • Day 1 Supplement: IR Temp Sensor
        • Day 1 Supplement: Identifying Resistors
        • Supplement: Controlling A Servo
      • Day 2: Measuring Pulse >
        • How the body absorbs light
        • IR Light Proximity Sensor
        • PIR Motion Sensor
      • Day 3 Supplement: OLED Screen Basics >
        • Display Screen Temperature
        • Scrolling Screen Graph
      • Day 4: Finishing up/Show
    • 2021 STEM Camp (MS) >
      • PreAcademy prep
      • Day 1: Basics, Lights, and Temperature Sensor >
        • Day 1 Supplement: Identifying Resistors
        • Day 1 Supplement: Measure Temperature
        • Day 1 Supplement: IR Light Proximity Sensor
      • Day 2: Ultrasound >
        • Day 2 Supplement: IR Temp Sensor
        • Day 2 Supplement: Controlling A Servo
      • Day 3: Measuring Pulse
    • 2020 STEM Camp
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