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A Tape-less Measuring Tape

Made by adamt03 / Displays / Environmental Sensing / Productivity / Sensors / Weather

About the project

an arduino hooked up to an ultrasonic sensor reading to an LCD display.

Project info

Difficulty: Easy

Platforms: Arduino

Estimated time: 1 hour

License: GNU General Public License, version 3 or later (GPL3+)

Items used in this project

Hardware components

	Arduino Uno - R3	x 1
	I2C 1602 Arduino LCD Screen	x 1
	Ultrasonic Sensor Hc-sr04	x 1
	jumper wires - generic	x 1
	Half-size Breadboard	x 1
	9V Battery Holder makes it modular	x 1
	elastic bands holding it together but if you wanted to have this as more than just a proof of concept then you could come up with a more robust method.	x 1

Software apps and online services

arduino create (web editor)

Hand tools and fabrication machines

	small phillips screwdriver to adjust the LCD contrast.	x 1
	a to b cable for uploading the code	x 1
	an actual measuring tape to test and ensure its working properly.	x 1

Story

i was given an arduino to mess around with, i remembered someone giving me some random electronics they found which contained the ultrasonic sensor(i only realized what it was after seeing other arduino sensors and realizing the similarities.) so i put it all together and made my project.

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