Mixly Block Category - Sensor

Ultrasonic Sensor

An Ultrasonic Sensor uses ultrasonic sound to detect the range of an object in which the sound wave is directed towards.

Read more here: http://randomnerdtutorials.com/complete-guide-for-ultrasonic-sensor-hc-sr04/

Read Range (cm)

This block returns the distance in centimeters (cm) that the Ultrasonic Sensor detects a object to be.

• Trigger Pin - Is the pin used to activate the ultrasonic ping on the sensor.
• Echo Pin - Is the pin which detects / returns the result of the ultrasonic ping. Basically, the distance detected.

DHT11

The DHT11 is a sensor used to measure temperature and humidity.

Read more here: http://playground.arduino.cc/Main/DHTLib

Get Temperature

Returns the temperature (in ?) detected by the DHT11 sensor.

• Pin # - The pin number that the DHT11 is attached to.

Get Humidity

Returns the humidity (in ?) detected by the DHT11 sensor.

• Pin # - The pin number that the DHT11 is attached to.

DS18B20

The DS18B20 is a sensored used to measure temperature.

Get Temperature

Returns the temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit detected by the DS18B20 sensor.

• Pin # - The pin number that the DS18B20 is attached to.
• Temperature Return Type - Select to return temperature in either Celsius or Fahrenheit.

GPS

GPS is used measure location.

Read more here: http://playground.arduino.cc/Tutorials/GPS

Initialize

This block initializes the GPS software and defines the pins that the GPS is connected to. Communication is done with serial communication.

• RX Pin - The pin that the Core modules will receive data from the GPS module.
• TX Pin - The pin that the Core modules will send data to the GPS module.
• Baud Rate - The speed in which data (bits per seconds) is communicated upon.

Read and Print GPS Data

This block loops continuously and reads data from the GPS module.