Ultrasonic_Sensor_CoverLight.ino

/* Ultrasonic Sensor HC-SR04 and Arduino Tutorial
*
* Crated by Dejan Nedelkovski,
* www.HowToMechatronics.com
*
*/

const int greenLEDPin = 9;    // LED connected to digital pin 9
const int redLEDPin = 10;     // LED connected to digital pin 10
const int blueLEDPin = 11;    // LED connected to digital pin 11

const int redSensorPin = A0;  // pin with the photoresistor with the red gel
const int greenSensorPin = A1;   // pin with the photoresistor with the green gel
const int blueSensorPin = A2;   // pin with the photoresistor with the blue gel

int redValue = 0; // value to write to the red LED
int greenValue = 0; // value to write to the green LED
int blueValue = 0; // value to write to the blue LED

int redSensorValue = 0; // variable to hold the value from the red sensor
int greenSensorValue = 0; // variable to hold the value from the green sensor
int blueSensorValue = 0; // variable to hold the value from the blue sensor


// defines pins numbers
const int trigPin = 12;
const int echoPin = 13;
// defines variables
long duration;
int distance;

void setup() {
// set the digital pins as outputs
  pinMode(greenLEDPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(redLEDPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(blueLEDPin, OUTPUT);

  pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); // Sets the trigPin as an Output
  pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); // Sets the echoPin as an Input
  Serial.begin(9600); // Starts the serial communication
}
void loop() {

   //Read the sensors first:

  // read the value from the red-filtered photoresistor:
  redSensorValue = analogRead(redSensorPin);
  // give the ADC a moment to settle
  delay(5);
  // read the value from the green-filtered photoresistor:
  greenSensorValue = analogRead(greenSensorPin);
  // give the ADC a moment to settle
  delay(5);
  // read the value from the blue-filtered photoresistor:
  blueSensorValue = analogRead(blueSensorPin);

  // print out the values to the serial monitor
  Serial.print("raw sensor Values \t red: ");
  Serial.print(redSensorValue);
  Serial.print("\t green: ");
  Serial.print(greenSensorValue);
  Serial.print("\t Blue: ");
  Serial.println(blueSensorValue);

  /*
  In order to use the values from the sensor for the LED,
  you need to do some math. The ADC provides a 10-bit number,
  but analogWrite() uses 8 bits. You'll want to divide your
  sensor readings by 4 to keep them in range of the output.
  */
  redValue = redSensorValue / 4;
  greenValue = greenSensorValue / 4;
  blueValue = blueSensorValue / 4;

  //  print out the mapped values
  Serial.print("Mapped sensor Values \t red: ");
  Serial.print(redValue);
  Serial.print("\t green: ");
  Serial.print(greenValue);
  Serial.print("\t Blue: ");
  Serial.println(blueValue);

  /*
  Now that you have a usable value, it's time to PWM the LED.
  */
  analogWrite(redLEDPin, redValue);
  analogWrite(greenLEDPin, greenValue);
  analogWrite(blueLEDPin, blueValue);

  
// Clears the trigPin
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
delayMicroseconds(2);
// Sets the trigPin on HIGH state for 10 micro seconds
digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(10);
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
// Reads the echoPin, returns the sound wave travel time in microseconds
duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
// Calculating the distance
distance= duration*0.034/2;
// Prints the distance on the Serial Monitor
Serial.print("Distance: ");
Serial.println(distance);
}