Fez Spider and HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor

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Hello, I just got HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor and I want to connect it to my Fez Spider or Fez Mini, I would be very grateful if anyone gives me some pointers.

Tnx very much!

2

Take a look here:

http://www.tinyclr.com/forum/topic?id=11255&page=4#msg114457

There is a link to the working driver code.

3

Hi, tnx for the info.
I’m seeing strange behavior from my fez mini when i load code from the link.
From time to time it moves motors on their own.
I am confused, please advise.
Sensor is connected to pins 7-Echo and 8-Trig.

using System;
using System.Threading;
using Microsoft.SPOT;
using Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware;
using GHIElectronics.NETMF.FEZ;

namespace HC_SR04
{

    public class HC_SR04
    {
        private OutputPort portOut;
        private InterruptPort interIn;
        private long beginTick;
        private long endTick;
        private long minTicks; 
        private double inchConversion;
        private double version;
        public HC_SR04(Cpu.Pin pinTrig, Cpu.Pin pinEcho)
        {
            portOut = new OutputPort(pinTrig, false);
            interIn = new InterruptPort(pinEcho, false, Port.ResistorMode.Disabled, Port.InterruptMode.InterruptEdgeLow);
            interIn.OnInterrupt += new NativeEventHandler(interIn_OnInterrupt);
            minTicks = 6200L;
            inchConversion = 1440.0;
            version = 1.1;
        }

        public double Version
        {
            get
            {
                return version;
            }
        }

        public long Ping()
        {
            // Reset Sensor
            portOut.Write(true);
            Thread.Sleep(1);

            // Start Clock
            endTick = 0L;
            beginTick = System.DateTime.Now.Ticks;
            // Trigger Sonic Pulse
            portOut.Write(false);


            Thread.Sleep(50);

            if (endTick > 0L)
            {
                
                long elapsed = endTick - beginTick;

                
                elapsed -= minTicks;
                if (elapsed < 0L)
                {
                    elapsed = 0L;
                }

                
                return elapsed;
            }

           
            return -1L;
        }


        void interIn_OnInterrupt(uint data1, uint data2, DateTime time)
        {

            endTick = time.Ticks;
        }

        public double TicksToInches(long ticks)
        {
            return (double)ticks / inchConversion;
        }


        public double InchCoversionFactor
        {
            get
            {
                return inchConversion;
            }
            set
            {
                inchConversion = value;
            }
        }


        public long LatencyTicks
        {
            get
            {
                return minTicks;
            }
            set
            {
                minTicks = value;
            }
        }
    }

    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            HC_SR04 sensor = new HC_SR04((Cpu.Pin)FEZ_Pin.Digital.Di8, (Cpu.Pin)FEZ_Pin.Digital.Di7);

            while (true)
            {
                Debug.Print("Ping");
                long ticks = sensor.Ping();
                if (ticks > 0L)
                {
                    double inches = sensor.TicksToInches(ticks);
                    double centimeters = inches*2.54;
                    Debug.Print("Daljina je " + centimeters);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
4

Maybe looking at the debug output and figuring out what might be going wrong would be a good first start. To me it is likely your code is finding there’s a reason to start the motor; that means your sensor reading or your logic for that situation is at fault. Why don’t you log everything to SD or something so you can analyse

5

Tnx, I’ll check that out.