# # hello.HC-SR04.py # # HC-SR04 sonar hello-world # hello.HC-SR04.py serial_port # # Neil Gershenfeld 11/15/15 # (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2015 # # This work may be reproduced, modified, distributed, # performed, and displayed for any purpose. Copyright is # retained and must be preserved. The work is provided # as is; no warranty is provided, and users accept all # liability. # from Tkinter import * import serial WINDOW = 600 # window size def idle(parent,canvas): byte4 = 10 while 1: byte4 = ord(ser.read()) if ((byte4 == 0)): break cm = ord(ser.read()) x = int(.2*WINDOW + (.9-.2)*WINDOW*cm/50) canvas.itemconfigure("text",text="%.0f cm"%cm) canvas.coords('rect1',.2*WINDOW,.05*WINDOW,x,.2*WINDOW) canvas.coords('rect2',x,.05*WINDOW,.9*WINDOW,.2*WINDOW) canvas.update() parent.after_idle(idle,parent,canvas) # # check command line arguments # if (len(sys.argv) != 2): print "command line: hello.HC-SR04.py serial_port" sys.exit() port = sys.argv[1] # # open serial port # ser = serial.Serial(port,9600) ser.setDTR() # # set up GUI # root = Tk() root.title('hello.HC-SR04.py (q to exit)') root.bind('q','exit') canvas = Canvas(root, width=WINDOW, height=.25*WINDOW, background='white') canvas.create_text(.1*WINDOW,.125*WINDOW,text=".33",font=("Helvetica", 24),tags="text",fill="#0000b0") canvas.create_rectangle(.2*WINDOW,.05*WINDOW,.3*WINDOW,.2*WINDOW, tags='rect1', fill='#b00000') canvas.create_rectangle(.3*WINDOW,.05*WINDOW,.9*WINDOW,.2*WINDOW, tags='rect2', fill='#0000b0') canvas.pack() # # start idle loop # root.after(100,idle,root,canvas) root.mainloop()