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For a project I'm doing I need the arduino to be connected to two echo sensors (I have the HC-SR04). Currently I have 4 sensors that I can use, but I will need only 2 or 3.

I have almost no knowledge of coding and the arduino, but I figured out how to connect it to one echo sensor, and that is working.. which is great.

But now I need it to connect to two. I found an example code with 3 echo sensors, but whenever I connect them my arduino shuts down, i guessed it is because it takes up too much power, my teacher said something like that. All lights turn off all of the sudden, and it doesn't reset. Only when I remove some the wires for the power, it works again.

So 3 isn't going to work, So i figured i'd stick to two. Now the problem: Whenever I try to edit the code to two echo sensors (I basically just removed the trigPin3 and echoPin3 in the first part of the code, and the SonarSensor(trigPin3, echoPin3) ), it doesn't work anymore. The monitor doesn't show any values anymore, while it did with the first code. It just shows zero's now.

#define trigPin1 3
#define echoPin1 2
#define trigPin2 4
#define echoPin2 5
#define trigPin3 7
#define echoPin3 8

long duration, distance, RightSensor,BackSensor,FrontSensor,LeftSensor;

void setup()
 {
Serial.begin (9600);
pinMode(trigPin1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(echoPin1, INPUT);
pinMode(trigPin2, OUTPUT);
pinMode(echoPin2, INPUT);
pinMode(trigPin3, OUTPUT);
pinMode(echoPin3, INPUT);
}

void loop() {
SonarSensor(trigPin1, echoPin1);
RightSensor = distance;
SonarSensor(trigPin2, echoPin2);
LeftSensor = distance;
SonarSensor(trigPin3, echoPin3);
FrontSensor = distance;
 
Serial.print(LeftSensor);
Serial.print(” – “);
Serial.print(FrontSensor);
Serial.print(” – “);
Serial.println(RightSensor);
}

void SonarSensor(int trigPin,int echoPin)
 {
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
delayMicroseconds(2);
digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(10);
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
distance = (duration/2) / 29.1;
 
}

#define echoPin 7 // Echo Pin
#define trigPin 8 // Trigger Pin
#define LEDPin 13 // Onboard LED

int maximumRange = 200; 
int minimumRange = 0;
long duration, distance;

void setup() {
Serial.begin (9600);
 pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);
 pinMode(echoPin, INPUT);
 pinMode(LEDPin, OUTPUT); // Use LED indicator (if required)
}

void loop() {
digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); 
delayMicroseconds(2); 
 
 digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
 delayMicroseconds(10); 
 
 digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
 duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);

 
 if (distance >= maximumRange || distance <= minimumRange){
 /* Send a negative number to computer and Turn LED ON 
 to indicate "out of range" */
 Serial.println("-1");
 digitalWrite(LEDPin, HIGH); 
 }
  else {
 /* Send the distance to the computer using Serial protocol, and
 turn LED OFF to indicate successful reading. */
 Serial.println(distance);
 digitalWrite(LEDPin, LOW); 
 }
 
//Delay 50ms before next reading.
 delay(50);
}

For a project I'm doing I need the Arduino to be connected to two echo sensors (I have the HC-SR04). Currently I have 4 sensors that I can use, but I will need only 2 or 3.

I have almost no knowledge of coding and the Arduino, but I figured out how to connect it to one echo sensor, and that is working, which is great.

But now I need it to connect to two. I found example code with 3 echo sensors, but whenever I connect them my Arduino shuts down. I guess it is because it takes up too much power, my teacher said something like that. All lights turn off all of the sudden, and it doesn't reset. Only when I remove some the wires for the power, it works again.

So 3 isn't going to work. I figured I'd stick to two. Now the problem: Whenever I try to edit the code to two echo sensors (I basically just removed the trigPin3 and echoPin3 in the first part of the code, and the SonarSensor(trigPin3, echoPin3)), it doesn't work anymore. The monitor doesn't show any values anymore, while it did with the first code. It just shows zeroes now.

#define trigPin1 3
#define echoPin1 2
#define trigPin2 4
#define echoPin2 5
#define trigPin3 7
#define echoPin3 8

long duration, distance, RightSensor,BackSensor,FrontSensor,LeftSensor;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin (9600);
  pinMode(trigPin1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(echoPin1, INPUT);
  pinMode(trigPin2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(echoPin2, INPUT);
  pinMode(trigPin3, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(echoPin3, INPUT);
}

void loop() {
  SonarSensor(trigPin1, echoPin1);
  RightSensor = distance;
  SonarSensor(trigPin2, echoPin2);
  LeftSensor = distance;
  SonarSensor(trigPin3, echoPin3);
  FrontSensor = distance;
  Serial.print(LeftSensor);
  Serial.print(” – “);
  Serial.print(FrontSensor);
  Serial.print(” – “);
  Serial.println(RightSensor);
}

void SonarSensor(int trigPin,int echoPin) {
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
  delayMicroseconds(2);
  digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
  delayMicroseconds(10);
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
  duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
  distance = (duration/2) / 29.1;
}

#define echoPin 7 // Echo Pin
#define trigPin 8 // Trigger Pin
#define LEDPin 13 // Onboard LED

int maximumRange = 200; 
int minimumRange = 0;
long duration, distance;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin (9600);
  pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(echoPin, INPUT);
  pinMode(LEDPin, OUTPUT); // Use LED indicator (if required)
}

void loop() {
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); 
  delayMicroseconds(2); 
  digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
  delayMicroseconds(10); 
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
  duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
  if (distance >= maximumRange || distance <= minimumRange) {
    /* Send a negative number to computer and Turn LED ON 
    to indicate "out of range" */
    Serial.println("-1");
    digitalWrite(LEDPin, HIGH); 
  } else {
    /* Send the distance to the computer using Serial protocol, and
    turn LED OFF to indicate successful reading. */
    Serial.println(distance);
    digitalWrite(LEDPin, LOW); 
  }
  //Delay 50ms before next reading.
  delay(50);
}

But now I need it to connect to two. I found an example code with 3 echo sensors, but whenever I connect them my arduino shuts down, i guessed it is because it takes up too much power, my teacher said something like that.

So 3 isn't going to work, So i figured i'd stick to two. Now the problem: Whenever I try to edit the code to two echo sensors, it doesn't respond anymore (All lights turn off all of the sudden, and it doesn't reset. Only when I remove some the wires for the power, it works again.)

But now I need it to connect to two. I found an example code with 3 echo sensors, but whenever I connect them my arduino shuts down, i guessed it is because it takes up too much power, my teacher said something like that. All lights turn off all of the sudden, and it doesn't reset. Only when I remove some the wires for the power, it works again.

So 3 isn't going to work, So i figured i'd stick to two. Now the problem: Whenever I try to edit the code to two echo sensors (I basically just removed the trigPin3 and echoPin3 in the first part of the code, and the SonarSensor(trigPin3, echoPin3) ), it doesn't work anymore. The monitor doesn't show any values anymore, while it did with the first code. It just shows zero's now.

So 3 isn't going to work, So i figured i'd stick to two. Now the problem: Whenever I try to edit the code to two echo sensors, it doesn't respond anymore.

So 3 isn't going to work, So i figured i'd stick to two. Now the problem: Whenever I try to edit the code to two echo sensors, it doesn't respond anymore (All lights turn off all of the sudden, and it doesn't reset. Only when I remove some the wires for the power, it works again.)