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Test Ultrasonic Moduleļƒ

PiCar-X has a built-in Ultrasonic Sensor module that can be used for obstacle avoidance and automatic object-following experiments. In this lesson the module will read a distance in centimeters (24 cm = 1 inch), and Print the results in a Debug window.

TIPS

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The Ultrasonic get distance block will read the distance from the PiCar-X to an obstacle directly ahead.

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This program is simplified with a Variable. For example, when there are multiple functions in a program that each need to use the distance to an obstacle, a Variable can be used to report the same distance value to each function, instead of each function reading the same value separately.

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Click the Create variableā€¦ button on the Variables category, and use the drop-down arrow to select the variable named ā€œdistanceā€.

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The Print function can print data such as variables and text for easy debugging.

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Once the code is running, enable the debug monitor by clicking the Debug icon in the bottom left corner.

EXAMPLE

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  • You can write the program according to the following picture, please refer to the tutorial: How to Create a New Project?.

  • Or find the code with the same name on the Examples page of the EzBlock Studio and click Run or Edit directly.

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