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InthistutorialyouwilllearnhowtouseonewaterflowsensorwithanArduino Bio:ArduinoTutorialsbyCodebender.cc
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Thewaterflowsensorconsistsofaplasticvalvebody,awaterrotorandahall
Morebycodebender_cc:
effectsensor.Whenthewaterflowsthroughtherotor,rotorrollsandthespeed
ofitchangeswithadifferentrateofflow.Thehalleffectsensoroutputsthe
correspondingpulsesignal.
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Thistypeofsensorcanbefoundondifferentdiameters,waterpressure(MPa)
andflowrate(L/m)ranges.Makesuretoselectonethatwillcoveryourneeds.
ThesensorthatIhaveithas20mmdiameter,<1.75Mpawaterpressureand~30
MagneticDoorSwitchSensorWithArdu/)
L/mflowraterange.

Inthistutorialwewillusetheserialmonitorforprintingthewaterflowratein
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Step1:Whatyouwillneed

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Forthistutorialyouwillneed:
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Waterflowsensor
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Step2:Thecircuit
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Theconnectionsareprettyeasy,seetheaboveimagewiththebreadboard
circuitschematic.

Step3:Thecode
Here'sthecode,embeddedusingCodebender(https://codebender.cc/?
referrer=mi.vasilakis)!
TrydownloadingtheCodebenderplugin
(https://codebender.cc/static/walkthrough/page/1)andclickingonthe"Runon
Arduino"buttontoprogramyourArduinoboardwiththissketch.Andthat'sit,
you'veprogrammedyourArduinowiththissketch!

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2 LiquidflowratesensorDIYhacking.comArvindSanjeev(/?
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4 Measuretheliquid/waterflowrateusingthiscode.
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5 ConnectVccandGndofsensortoarduino,andthe
6 signallinetoarduinodigitalpin2.
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8
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10 bytestatusLed=13;
11
12 bytesensorInterrupt=0;//0=digitalpin2
13 bytesensorPin=2;
14
15 //Thehalleffectflowsensoroutputsapproximately4.5pulsespersecondper
16 //litre/minuteofflow.
17 floatcalibrationFactor=4.5;
18
19 volatilebytepulseCount;
20
21 floatflowRate;
22 unsignedintflowMilliLitres;
23 unsignedlongtotalMilliLitres;
24
25 unsignedlongoldTime;
26
27 voidsetup()
28 {
29
30 Searchingforapp...
//Initializeaserialconnectionforreportingvaluestothehost
31
Pleaseselectaboard RunonArduino

Youcankeepplayingwiththatbyclickingthe"Edit"buttonandstartmaking
yourownmodificationstothecode.Forexampleyoucanchangeintheline58
the"1000"msdelaytime.

Step4:SerialMonitor
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Presstheconnectbuttonbelowtostarttheserialcommunication.

Connectyoursensorwithyourwatertap,orjustblowonit.
Note:Thebacksideofthesensorshowwithonearrowthecorrectflowside.

SerialMonitor:

Port: Speed: 9600 Connect

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Step5:Welldone!
YouhavesuccessfullycompletedonemoreArduino"Howto"tutorialandyou
learnedhowtousethewaterflowsensor.
Ihopeyoulikedthis,letmeknowinthecomments.
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BenE19(/member/BenE19) 2monthsago Reply

I'mlookingforsomethingsimilarthatcandeterminethewatereithergoinginto
oroutofthehotwaterheater.Doesthissensorhavetheproperdiameterand
willitimpedethepressureofthewater?Alsocanitworkonthehotsideofthe
waterline?

WORMSS(/member/WORMSS) 7monthsago Reply

Whatdoesthe`frac`variableonline85supposedtodo?IthinkIambeinga
derpandnotfollowingthecodecorrectly..Anyhelp?
Also,nicelittletutorial,IwilltryandfindonethatcaneasilyfitaUKgarden
hoseattachmentto.Idon'tactuallyNEEDitformyproject,butIcanuseitasa
confirmationthatwhenIturnthevalveon,itactuallyISgoingon.Mayflashup
someredLED'sifthingsarenotflowingasexpected..Thankyoufortheidea.

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RFcontrolledSwitch(/member/RFcontrolledSwitch) . WORMSS
(/member/WORMSS) 3monthsago Reply

fracdoesn'tappearanywhereinthesketchotherthanthedeclarationas
anunsignedintsoitmustbesomeleftovercodefromtestingetc.

WORMSS(/member/WORMSS) . RFcontrolledSwitch(/member/RFcontrolledSwitch)
3monthsago Reply
Thankyou,Ithoughtitwasmenotunderstandingit..

DougL2(/member/DougL2) 7monthsago Reply

niceprojectbutwiththatplugintoshowthecodethereisanadvertisementat
thebottomblockingthatlastbitofcodefromview.Maybeaddadozenorso
CRlinestothebottomofthesketchsowecanreaditasposted.

pollux64(/member/pollux64) . DougL2(/member/DougL2) 7monthsago Reply

InsterruptServiceRoutine
*/
voidpulseCounter()
{
 //Incrementthepulsecounter
pulseCount++
}

travlinjohn(/member/travlinjohn) 7monthsago Reply

ClickontheEditbuttonthenscrolldowntothebottomofthecode,highlight
"117"andpressenter.Theeditoraddslinestotheinstructable

MehmetE14(/member/MehmetE14) 7monthsago Reply

canIuseittodeterminegasflow?

WildBill(/member/WildBill) 7monthsago Reply

Thanks.Ihavebeenthinkingofautomatingthewatermeasuringand
temperaturecontrolinmashing/spargingprocessinmybeermaking.

dn'co(/member/dn'co) 7monthsago Reply

Isn'tthereaseriouspressurelimitationontheseflowsensor?Somethinglike1
or1.5barmaxwhilethe"city"pressureis3bar.Hencelimitingthisflowsensor
tospecificclosedcircuitwithoutpressurechanges.Idontknowofacheapflow
sensorthatsupportshigherpressure.

Anyway,thanksforthistutorial

RonS11(/member/RonS11) . dn'co(/member/dn'co) 7monthsago Reply

No,Thelimitationisonthepressuredifferencefromonesidetotheother
notthetotalpressureavailable.Workingfineongardenhoseat60PSI.

ElijahH3(/member/ElijahH3) 8monthsago Reply

Thankyousomuchforthis!ThisiswhatIwaslookingfor,thankyousomuch
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X LiamOSM(/member/LiamOSM) 8monthsago Reply

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