Measurement Process; Socket - Libelium Smart Cities PRO Technical Manual

Sensors

5.2.2. Measurement Process

The MaxSonar® sensors from MaxBotix can be connected through the digital bus interface.
In the next figure, we can see a drawing of two example applications for the ultrasonic sensors, such as liquid level
monitoring or presence detection.
Figure: Examples of application for the MaxSonar® sensors
The MB7040 sensor is endowed with an IP-67 casing, so it can be used in outdoors applications, such as liquid
level monitoring in storage tanks.
You can find a complete example code for reading the distance in the following link:
www.libelium.com/development/waspmote/examples/scp-v30-06-ultrasound-sensor

5.2.3. Socket

These sensors can be connected in socket 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in Waspmote OEM and sockets A, B, C, E and F in Plug
& Sense!.
Figure: Images of the sockets for connecting the MaxSonar® Sensors
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