Arduino Pressure Measuring and Logging

//created 12th August 2018 Philip Blayney & Jack Davidson using code from George //Kontaxis for the SKU237545 Pressure Sensor
//https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB7zgnfkEi4&feature=youtu.be 

#include "LiquidCrystal_PCF8574.h"
#include "RTClib.h"         // real time clock
#include <SD.h>            // sd card


 

#define LCD_ADDRESS 0x27                                                                              // Define LCD characteristics
#define LCD_ROWS 2
#define LCD_COLUMNS 16
#define SCROLL_DELAY 150
#define BACKLIGHT 255                                                                                // object initialization
LiquidCrystal_PCF8574 lcdI2C;
RTC_DS1307 RTC; // define the Real Time Clock object
int n = 1;  
int val;                                                                                             // A simple data logger for the Arduino analog pins  
#define LOG_INTERVAL  1000 // mills between entries (reduce to take more/faster data)
                                                                                                     // how many milliseconds before writing the logged data permanently to disk
                                                                                                     // set it to the LOG_INTERVAL to write each time (safest)
                                                                                                     // set it to 10*LOG_INTERVAL to write all data every 10 datareads, you could lose up to 
                                                                                                     // the last 10 reads if power is lost but it uses less power and is much faster!

#define SYNC_INTERVAL 10000 // mills between calls to flush() - to write data to the card 600000 = 10 minutes
uint32_t syncTime = 0; // time of last sync()

const int chipSelect = 10;                                                                           // for the data logging shield, we use digital pin 10 for the SD cs line


 

File logfile;

void error(char *str)
{
  Serial.print(F("error: "));
  Serial.println(str);
}


 
void setup(void)
{

  
  Serial.begin(9600);                                                                                 // start serial port
  Serial.println(F("pressure reading off SKU237545 SENSOR"));                                         //F = macro function to save dynamic memory
  lcdI2C.begin(LCD_COLUMNS, LCD_ROWS, LCD_ADDRESS, BACKLIGHT); 
  lcdI2C.print(F("SKU237545 SENSOR" ));
  lcdI2C.setCursor(0,1);
  lcdI2C.print(F("  bar and psi " ));
 
delay (2000);
  
 


   // initialize the SD card
  Serial.print(F("Initializing SD card..."));
  // make sure that the default chip select pin is set to
  // output, even if you don't use it:
  pinMode(10, OUTPUT);
  
 
  if (!SD.begin(chipSelect)) {                                                                     // see if the card is present and can be initialized:
    error("Card failed, or not present");
  }
  Serial.println(F("card initialized."));
  
 
  char filename[] = "LOGGER00.CSV";                                                                // create a new file
  for (uint8_t i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
    filename[6] = i/10 + '0';
    filename[7] = i%10 + '0';
    if (! SD.exists(filename)) {
      // only open a new file if it doesn't exist
      logfile = SD.open(filename, FILE_WRITE); 
      break;  // leave the loop!
    }
  }
  
  if (! logfile) {
    error("couldnt create file");
  }
  lcdI2C.clear();  
  lcdI2C.setCursor(0,0);
  lcdI2C.print(F("File No " ));
  lcdI2C.print(filename);
  Serial.print(F("Logging to: "));
  Serial.println(filename);

  // connect to RTC

   if (!RTC.begin()) {
    logfile.println("RTC failed");
  #if ECHO_TO_SERIAL
    Serial.println(F("RTC failed"));
  #endif  //ECHO_TO_SERIAL
  }
  

  logfile.println("Date / Time ,pressure ,bar ,reading ,psi,reading ");    
  delay(5000);
  lcdI2C.clear();  
  
  // Clear LCD screen.
}
 
 
void loop(void)
{


int sensorVal=analogRead(A1);
//Serial.print("Sensor Value: ");
//Serial.print(sensorVal);

float voltage = (sensorVal*5.0)/1024.0;
//    Serial.print("Volts: ");
//    Serial.print(voltage);
   
  float pressure_pascal = (3.0*((float)voltage-0.475))*1000000.0;                       //calibrate here
  float pressure_bar = pressure_pascal/10e5;
  float pressure_psi = pressure_bar*14.5038;
    Serial.print("Pressure = ");
    Serial.print(pressure_bar);
    Serial.print(" bars  ");
    Serial.print ("psi ");
    Serial.print (pressure_psi);
    Serial.println();


  
 DateTime now;
 now = RTC.now();                                                                       // fetch the time
 delay((LOG_INTERVAL -1) - (millis() % LOG_INTERVAL));                                  // delay for the amount of time we want between sd card readings

 int H = now.hour();                                                                   // Get the hours right now and store them in an integer called h
 int M = now.minute();                                                                 // Get the minutes right now and store them in an integer called m
 int S = now.second();                                                                 // Get the seconds right now and store them in an integer called s

  logfile.print(now.year(), DEC);
  logfile.print("/");
  logfile.print(now.month(), DEC);
  logfile.print("/");
  logfile.print(now.day(), DEC);
  logfile.print(" ");
  if (H<10){                                                                             // Add a zero, if necessary, as above
  logfile.print(0);
 }
  logfile.print(now.hour(), DEC);
  logfile.print(":");
  if (M<10){                                                                           // Add a zero, if necessary, as above
  logfile.print(0);
 }
  logfile.print(now.minute(), DEC);
  logfile.print(":");
  if (S<10){                                                                          // Add a zero, if necessary, as above
  logfile.print(0);
 }
  logfile.print(now.second(), DEC);
 // logfile.print('"');
 
  
  Serial.println();
  Serial.print(now.year(), DEC);
  Serial.print("/");
  Serial.print(now.month(), DEC);
  Serial.print("/");
  Serial.print(now.day(), DEC);
  Serial.print(" ");
  if (H<10){                                                                         // Add a zero, if necessary, as above
  Serial.print(0);
 }
  Serial.print(now.hour(), DEC);
  Serial.print(":");
  if (M<10){                                                                          // Add a zero, if necessary, as above
  Serial.print(0);
 }
  Serial.print(now.minute(), DEC);
  Serial.print(F(":"));
  if (S<10){   // Add a zero, if necessary, as above
  Serial.print(0);
 }
  Serial.print(now.second(), DEC);
 
  Serial.println();


   lcdI2C.setCursor(0,0); 
 
   lcdI2C.print(pressure_bar);                                   // Print String to LCD on first line
   lcdI2C.print ("bar ");

   lcdI2C.print (pressure_psi); 
   lcdI2C.print ("psi   "); 


  lcdI2C.setCursor(0,1);
 //lcdI2C.print(now.year(), DEC);                               // lcd doesnt have enough character spaces to show the year
 // lcdI2C.print("/");

  lcdI2C.print(now.day(), DEC);
  lcdI2C.print("/");
  lcdI2C.print(now.month(), DEC);
  
  lcdI2C.print(" ");
  if (H<10){                                                                             // Add a zero, if necessary, as above
  lcdI2C.print(0);
 }
  lcdI2C.print(now.hour(), DEC);
  lcdI2C.print(":");
  if (M<10){                                                                           // Add a zero, if necessary, as above
  lcdI2C.print(0);
 }
  lcdI2C.print(now.minute(), DEC);
  lcdI2C.print(":");
  if (S<10){                                                                          // Add a zero, if necessary, as above
  lcdI2C.print(0);
 }
  lcdI2C.print(now.second(), DEC);

   logfile.print(", ");    
   logfile.print(" Pressure = ");
   logfile.print(",");    
   logfile.print(pressure_bar);
   logfile.print(",");
   logfile.print(" bar  ");
   logfile.print(",");
   logfile.print(pressure_psi);
   logfile.print(",");
   logfile.print("psi");
   logfile.println();

if ((millis() - syncTime) < SYNC_INTERVAL) return;
  syncTime = millis();
  
                                                                                
 
  logfile.flush();

   
  
   
    delay(10);
}