#include "SoftwareSerial.h" // defines pins numbers #define Rx 1 #define Tx 2 const int trigPin = 3; const int echoPin = 4; SoftwareSerial myserial(Rx, Tx); // defines variables long duration; int distance; void setup() { pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); // Sets the trigPin as an Output pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); // Sets the echoPin as an Input myserial.begin(9600); // Starts the serial communication myserial.println("Communicating now"); } void loop() { // Clears the trigPin digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); delayMicroseconds(2); // Sets the trigPin on HIGH state for 10 micro seconds digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH); delayMicroseconds(10); digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); // Reads the echoPin, returns the sound wave travel time in microseconds duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH); // Calculating the distance distance= duration*0.034/2; // Prints the distance on the Serial Monitor myserial.print("Distance: "); myserial.print(distance); myserial.println("cm"); }