#include // This example is designed for use with six QTR-1A sensors or the first six sensors of a // QTR-8A module. These reflectance sensors should be connected to analog inputs 0 to 5. // The QTR-8A's emitter control pin (LEDON) can optionally be connected to digital pin 2, // or you can leave it disconnected and change the EMITTER_PIN #define below from 2 to // QTR_NO_EMITTER_PIN. // The setup phase of this example calibrates the sensor for ten seconds and turns on // the LED built in to the Arduino on pin 13 while calibration is going on. // During this phase, you should expose each reflectance sensor to the lightest and // darkest readings they will encounter. // For example, if you are making a line follower, you should slide the sensors across the // line during the calibration phase so that each sensor can get a reading of how dark the // line is and how light the ground is. Improper calibration will result in poor readings. // If you want to skip the calibration phase, you can get the raw sensor readings // (analog voltage readings from 0 to 1023) by calling qtra.read(sensorValues) instead of // qtra.readLine(sensorValues). // The main loop of the example reads the calibrated sensor values and uses them to // estimate the position of a line. You can test this by taping a piece of 3/4" black // electrical tape to a piece of white paper and sliding the sensor across it. It // prints the sensor values to the serial monitor as numbers from 0 (maximum reflectance) // to 1000 (minimum reflectance) followed by the estimated location of the line as a number // from 0 to 5000. 1000 means the line is directly under sensor 1, 2000 means directly // under sensor 2, etc. 0 means the line is directly under sensor 0 or was last seen by // sensor 0 before being lost. 5000 means the line is directly under sensor 5 or was // last seen by sensor 5 before being lost. #define NUM_SENSORS 6 // number of sensors used #define NUM_SAMPLES_PER_SENSOR 4 // average 4 analog samples per sensor reading #define EMITTER_PIN 2 // emitter is controlled by digital pin 2 // sensors 0 through 5 are connected to analog inputs 0 through 5, respectively QTRSensorsAnalog qtra((unsigned char[]) {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, NUM_SENSORS, NUM_SAMPLES_PER_SENSOR, EMITTER_PIN); unsigned int sensorValues[NUM_SENSORS]; void setup() { delay(500); pinMode(13, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(13, HIGH); // turn on Arduino's LED to indicate we are in calibration mode for (int i = 0; i < 400; i++) // make the calibration take about 10 seconds { qtra.calibrate(); // reads all sensors 10 times at 2.5 ms per six sensors (i.e. ~25 ms per call) } digitalWrite(13, LOW); // turn off Arduino's LED to indicate we are through with calibration // print the calibration minimum values measured when emitters were on Serial.begin(9600); for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SENSORS; i++) { Serial.print(qtra.calibratedMinimumOn[i]); Serial.print(' '); } Serial.println(); // print the calibration maximum values measured when emitters were on for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SENSORS; i++) { Serial.print(qtra.calibratedMaximumOn[i]); Serial.print(' '); } Serial.println(); Serial.println(); delay(1000); } void loop() { // read calibrated sensor values and obtain a measure of the line position from 0 to 5000 // To get raw sensor values, call: // qtra.read(sensorValues); instead of unsigned int position = qtra.readLine(sensorValues); unsigned int position = qtra.readLine(sensorValues); // print the sensor values as numbers from 0 to 1000, where 0 means maximum reflectance and // 1000 means minimum reflectance, followed by the line position for (unsigned char i = 0; i < NUM_SENSORS; i++) { Serial.print(sensorValues[i]); Serial.print('\t'); } //Serial.println(); // uncomment this line if you are using raw values Serial.println(position); // comment this line out if you are using raw values delay(250); }