int solPin = D4;
int trigPin = D2; // Trigger
int echoPin = D3; // Echo
long duration, cm, inches;
bool shouldActivate = false;
void setup()
{
Particle.function( "activate", activateSolenoid );
pinMode(solPin, OUTPUT);
//Define inputs and outputs
pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(echoPin, INPUT);
}
void loop()
{
int counter = 0;
for(int i = 0; i <= 10; i++) {
// The sensor is triggered by a HIGH pulse of 10 or more microseconds.
// Give a short LOW pulse beforehand to ensure a clean HIGH pulse:
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
delayMicroseconds(5);
digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(10);
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
// Read the signal from the sensor: a HIGH pulse whose
// duration is the time (in microseconds) from the sending
// of the ping to the reception of its echo off of an object.
pinMode(echoPin, INPUT);
duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
// Convert the time into a distance
cm = (duration/2) / 29.1; // Divide by 29.1 or multiply by 0.0343
inches = (duration/2) / 74; // Divide by 74 or multiply by 0.0135
Particle.publish("inches", String(inches)); // This will publish the distance that the Ultrasonic Sensor reads every second
if (inches > 10) {
counter++;
}
delay(2000);
}
if (counter < 2){
shouldActivate = true;
}
if( shouldActivate ){
doSolenoid( );
shouldActivate = false;
}
delay( 100 );
}
void doSolenoid( ){
digitalWrite(solPin, HIGH);
delay( 5000 ) ;
digitalWrite(solPin, LOW);
delay( 100 );
}
int activateSolenoid( String command ){
shouldActivate = true;
return 1;
}
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