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Component: Ultrasonic (EBM019) (EBM Modules)

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Author Matrix TSL
Version 1.0
Category EBM Modules


Ultrasonic component

This board has both an ultrasonic transmitter and receiver. The transmitter is driven by an on-board 40KHz oscillator which is enabled by the host microprocessor. The receiving sensor signal is amplified and provided as an analogue signal to be processed by a single channel ADC of the microprocessor. By measuring the time delay between enabling a transmit pulse and receiving an echo the distance of objects in a range of around 3cm to 3m can be determined.

Component Source Code

Please click here to download the component source project: FC_Comp_Source_EBM019v1.fcfx

Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): FC_Comp_Source_EBM019v1.fcfx

Detailed description

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Examples

Sample program using the EBM019 - Ultrasonic sensor.

Sends out a pulse and determines distance from time taken to receive reflection.

EBM019 Example







Macro reference

GetDistance

GetDistance
Sends a pulse and processes the echo. Returns a object distance in cm 
- UINT Return


Initialise

Initialise
Setup the device. This sets the control output to logic 0 
- VOID Return


SetDelayTime

SetDelayTime
Set the delay time before sampling for the echo, in microseconds 
- UINT delay
delay time in microseconds 
- VOID Return


SetDetectionValue

SetDetectionValue
Set the delta value for echo detection 
- BYTE value
trigger point for echo detection 
- VOID Return


SetPulseWidth

SetPulseWidth
Set the output pulse width, in microsecond (0-255uS) 
- BYTE pulse
width of pulse in microseconds 
- VOID Return


Property reference

Properties
Output Pulse Pin
Pin used for controlling the output pulse 
Echo ADC channel
ADC channel used to monitor the echo 
Pulse Width (uS)
Output ultrasonic pulse width in microseconds 
Read Delay (uS)
Time delay in microseconds before sampling for echo 
Pulse Detection Value
Detection ADC delta trigger value A lower value is more sensitive