Ping)))

Playing with the Parallax Ping Board (Ultrasonic Sensor).

Need:

• Device: PIC16F1709 (or other PIC16F1 in 20-pin DIP)
• Board: PICDEM(tm) Low Pin Count + mikroBUS connector = Simplicity
• Debugger: PICkit(tm) 3

The Basic Idea

1. Add a MikroBUS connector to the LPC board
2. Connect a Ping))) Board to the expansion board (bottom three pins: GND, VDD, RC2)
3. Launch MPLAB X and MPLAB Code Configurator to quickly initialise all the peripherals
4. Play ...

Limitations

• Using only the 4 LEDs on the Simplicity(LPC) board is severely limiting what can be shown. Especially because LED2 is not available (used by the Ping).
• Perhaps a better demo could use the 8x8 LED Click board?
• Or one of the OLED Click boards?

Related Projects and Demos

• Check the Simplicity project for more demo like this using the MPLAB Code Configurator and the MikroElektronika Click(tm) boards.