Sw xtr 34: MB7040 sensor reading

Basic example that turns on, reads and turn off the sensor. Measured parameters are stored in the corresponding class variables and printed by the serial monitor.

Required Materials

- 1 Waspmote Plug & Sense! Smart Water Xtreme - 1 MB7040 sensor

Notes

- This example is only valid for Waspmote v15

Code

/*
    ----------- [Sw_xtr_34] - MB7040 sensor reading --------------------

    Explanation: Basic example that turns on, reads and turn off the
    sensor. Measured parameters are stored in the corresponding class
    variables and printed by the serial monitor.

    Measured parameters:
      - Distance

    Copyright (C) 2018 Libelium Comunicaciones Distribuidas S.L.
    http://www.libelium.com

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see .

    Version:           3.0
    Design:            David Gascón
    Implementation:    J.Siscart, V.Boria
*/

#include WaspSensorXtr.h

/*
  SELECT THE RIGHT SOCKET FOR EACH SENSOR.

  Possible sockets for this sensor are:
  - XTR_SOCKET_A           _________
  - XTR_SOCKET_D          |---------|
                          | A  B  C |
                          |_D__E__F_|

  Refer to the technical guide for information about possible combinations.
  www.libelium.com/downloads/documentation/smart_agriculture_xtreme_sensor_board.pdf
*/

//   [Sensor Class] [Sensor Name] [Selected socket]
ultrasound mySensor(XTR_SOCKET_A);

void setup()
{
  USB.println(F("MB7040 example"));


}

void loop()
{
  // 1. Turn ON the sensor
  mySensor.ON();

  // 2. Read the sensor. Store parameter in local variable
  uint16_t distance = mySensor.getDistance();

  // 3. Turn off the sensor
  mySensor.OFF();

  // 4. Print information
  USB.println(F("---------------------------"));
  USB.println(F("MB7040"));
  USB.print(F("Distance: "));
  USB.print(distance);
  USB.println(F(" cm"));
  USB.println(F("---------------------------\n"));
  
  delay(5000);

}

Output

J#
 MB7040 example
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 MB7040
 Distance: 27 cm
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 MB7040
 Distance: 20 cm
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