Parking sensor

/**************************************************************
 *  PARKING SENSOR WITH HC-SR04                               *
 *                                                            *
 *  This code receives data from the HC-SR04 proximity        *
 *  sensor, analyses them, sends them to the serial monitor   *
 *  and produces intermittent sounds to warn of an obstacle.  *
 **************************************************************/

// Definition of trigger, echo, beep pins and other constants
#define trigger      2
#define echo         3
#define beep        11
#define beep_start 100
#define min_distance 5

// Definition of sound speed (centimetres / microsecond)
#define c 0.0343

// Definition of the variables
long tempo;
float space;

void setup() {
  // Definition of input and output
  pinMode(trigger, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(echo, INPUT);
  pinMode(beep, OUTPUT);

  // Serial communication initialisation (optional)
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  // Before measurement, the trigger is set to low level
  digitalWrite(trigger, LOW);
  delayMicroseconds(5);

  // Send one pulse (trigger goes high level for 10 microseconds)
  digitalWrite(trigger, HIGH);
  delayMicroseconds(10);
  digitalWrite(trigger, LOW);

  // Reading echo, via pulseIn, which returns the duration of the impuse (in microseconds)
  // The acquired data is then divided by 2 (forward and backward)
  tempo = pulseIn(echo, HIGH) / 2;
  // Computation of distance in centimetres
  space = tempo * c;

  // space is displayed in the serial monitor ([Ctrl] + [Shift] + M)
  // approximated to the first decimal place
  Serial.println("Distanza = " + String(space, 1) + " cm");

  // If the distance is less than one metre
  if (space < beep_start) { 
    // Emits sounds at intervals proportional to distance (1 m = 400 ms)
    tone(beep, 1000); 
    delay(40);
    // Below min_distance cm it emits a continuous sound
    if (space > min_distance) {
      noTone(beep); 
      delay(space * 4);
    }
  } 
  // Waits 50 milliseconds before another measurement
  delay(50);
}