Introduction

Published June 14, 2016 © GPL3+

Arduino Tank Monitor

This project consists of monitoring the level of water in two tanks.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO

Rotary potentiometer (generic)

Potentiometer, 10K

Story

Introduction

Level measurement, together with pressure, temperature and flow, are the most important and common variables in refineries, textile, food, pharmaceutical and chemical plants. At the level of plant automation, HMI (Human Machine Interface) is also required.

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In this project, I included both measurement and HMI in an easy way. This project consists in monitoring the level of water in two tanks. Information about the level of the liquid in the tank will be shown in a screen where you will be able to see the numeric values and the graphic values.

There are many ways to sense level. You could use pressure sensors, ultrasonic or discrete (switches) sensors. I use potentiometers attached to a floating mechanism to bring “analog data” information to the Arduino board.

For the HMI, I found an application for Arduino in the web, develop by Ulrich Albert Maassen. The web address to download this application is: www.SerialComInstruments.com

In the next figure, I show the screen for my project. Blue boxes represent the tanks; in the upper side are the numeric values expressed in % (0-100). At the top of the screen, you can see the trending of both levels of the tanks.

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SerialComInstruments allows you to create environments to see trends, X-Y graphics, numeric displays, vertical meters and digital displays. By selecting the field “instruments,” you can select a diversity of resources for your project.

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Then, you can select the serial “Interface” where you specify: Com Port, Baud Rate,and you can also change the Data Protocol.

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If you select “Show”, you will be able to Connect and Disconnect the interface, and you can go to the Edit Mode. In this mode, you can build your display.

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Next, some pictures of the project:

Code

Tank_Monitor

// This routine let you to monitor level in two tanks:
// Standard protocol to select instruments:
 void SendString(byte InstrNr, int MW) { 
Serial.print('#');
Serial.print(InstrNr);
Serial.print('M'); 
Serial.print(MW); Serial.print('<'); }
void setup() {
  // initialize serial communication at 9600 bits per second:
Serial.begin(9600);
}
// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
void loop() {
  // read the input on analog pin 0:
  int sensorValue0 = analogRead(A0);
   // read the input on analog pin 1:
  int sensorValue1 = analogRead(A1);
  // Convert the analog readings (which goes from 0 - 1023) to a level value(0 - 100%):
  float voltage0 = sensorValue0 * (100.0 / 1023.0);
  float voltage1 = sensorValue1 * (100.0 / 1023.0);
    // print out the value you read:
SendString(2,voltage0); // Instrument #02 - Vert Meter
SendString(3,voltage1); // Instrument #03 - Vert Meter
SendString(41,voltage0); // Instrument #41 - Num Display
SendString(42,voltage1); // Instrument #42 - Num Display
SendString(90,voltage0); // Instrument #90 - Min Trend
SendString(91,voltage1); // Instrument #91 - Min Trend
delay(100); 
}

Credits

zezarandrade

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Thanks to Ulrich Albert Maassen.

Arduino Tank Monitor

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Story

Introduction

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Code

Tank_Monitor

Credits

zezarandrade

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Arduino Tank Monitor

Arduino Tank Monitor

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Story

Introduction

Schematics

Circuit Diagram:

Wiring:

Code

Tank_Monitor

Credits

zezarandrade

Comments

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