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Distance Measurer using Ultrasonic and LCD

This circuit uses an ultrasonic sensor to measure distance and displays it on a liquid crystal display.

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Distance Measurer using Ultrasonic and LCD

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ultrasonic sensor
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Code

Arduino code

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// include the library codes:
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
#include <Ultrasonic.h>

// initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins for both ultrasonic and LCD
LiquidCrystal lcd(7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12);
Ultrasonic ultrasonic(2, 4);

void setup() {
  // set up the LCD's number of columns and rows:
  lcd.begin(16, 2);
 

}

void loop() {

 lcd.clear();
  lcd.print("Centimeters:");             //display the 
  lcd.print(ultrasonic.distanceRead());  //amount of centimeters
  lcd.setCursor(0, 1);         //set the cursor to the bottom line
  lcd.print("Meters:");                       //display the amount of
  lcd.print(ultrasonic.distanceRead() / 100); //meters
  delay(1000);
  
}

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