the ultrasonic SRF04 with pic16f88

[tur_bot]

hello everybody

I have few problems with my ultrasonic ranger the SRF04.
I managed to make it work with a pic 16f84 to measure distances in inches and centimeters and display the results on a serial lcd. worked really fine.

then i tried to use the pic 16f88 with an internal clock ; but the lcd displays 0cm and 0 inches all the time which means that the SRF04 is not doing the job (the internal clock is working by the way. i tested it with another code)

here is a part of my code in picbasic pro:

DEFINE OSC 4
INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT
INTRC_IO
OSCCON=%01101000

include "modedefs.bas"



trisa = %11111111
trisb = %00000000

lcd var portb.7
'piezo var portb.4
trigger var portb.6
echo var porta.0

baud con N2400
dist_raw var word
dist_inch var word
dist_cm var word
conv_inch con 15
conv_cm con 6

low trigger


serout lcd,baud,[254,1] 'clear lcd screen
pause 1000

serout lcd,baud,[254,128,"-sonar ranger-"]

'sound piezo,[100,10,50,5,70,10,50,2] 'make startup sound
pause 1000 'pause 1 sec

serout lcd,baud,[254,128,"inches: "] 'set up the lcd display
serout lcd,baud,[254,192,"centimeters: "]

main:

gosub sr_sonar

serout lcd,baud,[254,135,#dist_inch," "] 'display the disance in inches

serout lcd,baud,[254,204,#dist_cm," "] 'display the distance in cm

goto main

end

sr_sonar:

pulsout trigger,1 'send a 10us trigger pulse

pulsin echo,1,dist_raw 'start timing the pulse width
'on echo pin
dist_inch = (dist_raw/conv_inch)
dist_cm = (dist_raw/conv_cm)

pause 1

return



i suppose that the pins of the pic are not inputing or outputing the right datas. may be because i did not set the input and output properly.
i had been strogling for few days , please help me to make it work.
thanx
regards

[Acetronics2]

Just an idea ...

May be some comparators and adc to disable ???

Good evening

Alain

[tur_bot]

good idea but how can I do it???
how can I disable the ADC and comparators in a 16f88???

[mat janssen]

There could be a possibility to find that kind of information in the datasheet.

I did that for all types I use and it worked !!

[tur_bot]

hi
i just tested my port with few led and they work fine, inputing and outputting.
but the srf04 is still not working.
I have no idea of what is going on.

anybody with an idea????

[Acetronics2]

- Try External clock !!! ( internal Osc is "not so accurate" ...)

- Place "Low trigger" just before "Pulsout"

Alain

[Muaz]

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