Sensor Ultrasonic -Serial USB

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Hi guys, I’m trying to connect the ultrasound sensor using the USB port to view it in the web application but it doesn’t work. Can somebody help me

#define BLYNK_DEVICE_NAME           "jjj"
#define BLYNK_AUTH_TOKEN            "vSVLVXD_jjFbpxHNZlAkxwsT9D64Zt-p"


// Comment this out to disable prints and save space
#define BLYNK_PRINT SwSerial


#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial SwSerial(0, 1); // RX, TX

#include <BlynkSimpleStream.h>

#define echoPin 11
#define trigPin 10

long duration;
int distance; 

char auth[] = BLYNK_AUTH_TOKEN;

BlynkTimer timer;

void sendSensor()
{
    digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
    delayMicroseconds(2);
    digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
    delayMicroseconds(10);
    digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
    duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
    distance = duration * 0.034 / 2; //formula to calculate the distance for ultrasonic sensor
    Serial.print("Distance: ");
    Serial.println(distance);
    Blynk.virtualWrite(V0, distance);
    delay(1000);
}

void setup()
{
  // Debug console
  SwSerial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(echoPin, INPUT);
  // Blynk will work through Serial
  // Do not read or write this serial manually in your sketch
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Blynk.begin(Serial, auth);



  // Setup a function to be called every second
  timer.setInterval(1000L, sendSensor);
}

void loop()
{
  Blynk.run();
  timer.run();
}
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I’m guessing that you’re doing two things wrong…

  1. you probably haven’t edited the Blynk USB script to point it to the correct cloud server for Blynk IoT

  2. you’ve created a software serial port for debug messages, but you’ve used pins 0 and 1. You haven’t said what hardware you are using, but if it’s an Uno or Nano then pins 0 and 1 are connected internally to the USB port on the board, so the debug messages will be getting jumbled-up with the communication data to/from Blynk via your PC.

You should read this…

Especially the section called “Connecting an Uno/Nano or Mega via a USB connection to a computer (BlynkSimpleStream)”

Pete.