{"id":9146,"date":"2014-03-30T13:12:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T13:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=9146"},"modified":"2014-03-30T13:12:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T13:12:09","slug":"cheap-ultrasonic-distance-sensor-for-the-raspberrypi-available-from-phenoptix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9146","title":{"rendered":"Cheap ultrasonic distance sensor for the #RaspberryPi available from @Phenoptix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/3430\/products\/US1_-_Copy_large.jpg?resize=480%2C406\" width=\"480\" height=\"406\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The fine folks over at Phenoptix have just started <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phenoptix.com\/products\/ultrasonic-distance-sensor-2cm-to-5m-range-3mm-extras\">selling the SR-04 ultrasonic distance sensor for \u00a31.99<\/a>. It comes with a couple of resistors to protect your Pi. All they need now is some instructions on using it with your Pi, but that&#8217;s a fairly straightforward thing to do and, in fact, Raspberry Pi Spy did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk\/2012\/12\/ultrasonic-distance-measurement-using-python-part-1\/\">an excellent tutorial on it a while back<\/a>. It&#8217;s a digital sensor with only a 3mm margin for error so you don&#8217;t need an analog-to-digital converter and it has a big range (bigger than the 2-5cm Phenoptix are advertising &#8211; I&#8217;ve had readings up to 3m, admittedly with a larger margin for error than 3mm).<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no excuse not to get one if you want to measure distance such as, for example, on a robot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phenoptix.com\/products\/ultrasonic-distance-sensor-2cm-to-5m-range-3mm-extras\">Take a look at their online shop now to get hold of one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>I have no connection to Phenoptix apart from having met the Founder (Ben) at the most recent CamJam and thinking that they&#8217;re a very good online retailer. Just sharing the good shopping news!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fine folks over at Phenoptix have just started selling the SR-04 ultrasonic distance sensor for \u00a31.99. 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All they need now is some instructions on using it with your&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9146\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[45,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics","category-rpi-shopping"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cheap ultrasonic distance sensor for the #RaspberryPi available from @Phenoptix - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9146\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cheap ultrasonic distance sensor for the #RaspberryPi available from @Phenoptix - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The fine folks over at Phenoptix have just started selling the SR-04 ultrasonic distance sensor for \u00a31.99. 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