Arduino for ODROID-GO - Ultrasonic Distance Meter

You can have a portable Ultrasonic distance meter in your hand.

Make sure that you have these products:

• ODROID-GO
• Ultrasonic Ranging Module HC - SR04
• Jumper Wires and a Breadboard full size or half size
• An auxiliary battery if using it portable
  • This module requires 5V input power, but ODROID-GO outputs 3V3 for the power pin(#6) on its header pins. Thus, it is required to use the 5V USB VBUS pin(#10) with an external USB power source.
  • Alternatively, you can use a Step-up DC-DC converter and a level shifter.
• A MicroUSB cable

Set up the development environment for Arduino on your system.

Please refer to the picture below when you set up your hardware.
We use the parts below:

• Ultrasonic sensor: HC-SR04
• Step-up DC-DC 3V3 to 12V(set to 5V for now) converter: MT3608
• Logic level converter: BSS138

• Download Fritzing example file: odroid-go-ultrasonic-sensor.fzz
  • ODROID-GO: fritzing_odroid-go.fzpz
  • Mini-360 DC-DC Buck converter: mini-360_dc-dc_buck_converter.fzpz
  • HC-SR04: hc-sr04.fzpz

Click the Files → Examples → ODROID-GO → Applications → Ultrasonic_Distance_Meter menu to import and press CTRL-U to compile/upload.

Uploading is complete when the message “Hard resetting via RTS pin…” is seen.

After the upload completes, ODROID-GO reboots automatically.

The screen shows a measured distance in inch, cm units when an obstacle is detected at the front of the Ultrasonic sensor.
If the measurement conditions are not met, such as a distance that is too far or too short, the result text on the screen will be colored red.
If it measures normally, the text will be colored green.