Hello

Here I am again with the car, but now there is no problem with control . I just added an ultrasonic sensor to the front of the car, with the fact that if the distance is less than 20 cm, it should stop. When the car is running, it works once or twice, but on the third attempt, the car won't move in any direction and it has to be restarted. If anyone knows where the problem could be hiding, I will be very happy.

Here is the code:


(The sensor is attached to the servo motor due to the fact that if the car goes to the left, for example, the sensor turns to the left, but when it stops, it returns to its original position.)

#include <AFMotor.h>
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#include <Servo.h>

#define trigPin 2
#define echoPin 13
#define maxDistance 20

AF_DCMotor motor_1(1); //lavy predny
AF_DCMotor motor_2(2); //lavy zadny
AF_DCMotor motor_3(3); //predny pravy
AF_DCMotor motor_4(4); //zadny pravy
Servo servo;
SoftwareSerial bluetoothSerial(0, 1); // RX, TX
const int ledPin = 7;


void setup() {
  pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(echoPin, INPUT);
  bluetoothSerial.begin(9600);
  motor_1.setSpeed(150);
  motor_2.setSpeed(150);
  motor_3.setSpeed(150);
  motor_4.setSpeed(150);
 
  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
  servo.attach(10);
}

void loop() {
  if (bluetoothSerial.available()) { // ak je k dispozícii niečo na bluetoothSerial
    char znak_citany = bluetoothSerial.read();
    switch (znak_citany) {
      case 'F':
        motor_1.run(FORWARD);
        motor_2.run(FORWARD);
        motor_3.run(FORWARD);
        motor_4.run(FORWARD);
        break;
      case 'B':
        motor_1.run(BACKWARD);
        motor_2.run(BACKWARD);
        motor_3.run(BACKWARD);
        motor_4.run(BACKWARD);
        break;
      case 'L':
        motor_1.run(BACKWARD);
        motor_2.run(FORWARD);
        motor_3.run(BACKWARD);
        motor_4.run(FORWARD);
        servo.write(120);
        delay(50);
        break;
      case 'R':
        motor_1.run(FORWARD);
        motor_2.run(BACKWARD);
        motor_3.run(FORWARD);
        motor_4.run(BACKWARD);
        servo.write(60);
        delay(50);
        break;
      case 'A':
        motor_1.run(FORWARD);
        motor_3.run(FORWARD);
        servo.write(120);
        delay(50);
        break;
      case 'C':
        motor_2.run(FORWARD);
        motor_4.run(FORWARD);
        servo.write(60);
        delay(50);
        break;
      case 'E':
        motor_2.run(BACKWARD);
        motor_4.run(BACKWARD);
        break;
      case 'G':
        motor_1.run(BACKWARD);
        motor_3.run(BACKWARD);
        break;
      case 'H':
        motor_1.run(BACKWARD);
        motor_2.run(FORWARD);
        motor_3.run(BACKWARD);
        motor_4.run(BACKWARD);
        break;
      case 'I':
        motor_1.run(BACKWARD);
        motor_2.run(BACKWARD);
        motor_3.run(FORWARD);
        motor_4.run(FORWARD);
        break;
      case 'U':
        digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
        break;
      case 'D' :
        digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
        break;
      case 'S':
        motor_1.run(RELEASE);
        motor_2.run(RELEASE);
        motor_3.run(RELEASE);
        motor_4.run(RELEASE);
        servo.write(90);
        delay(50);
        break;
      
    }
  }

  long duration, distance;
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); // vyslanie trig signálu
  delayMicroseconds(2);
  digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
  delayMicroseconds(10);
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
  duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH); // meranie času odozvy echo signálu
  distance = duration / 58.2;       // výpočet vzdialenosti z echo signálu

  if (distance < maxDistance && distance > 0) { // ak je vzdialenosť od objektu menšia ako maxDistance
    motor_1.run(RELEASE);
    motor_2.run(RELEASE);
    motor_3.run(RELEASE);
    motor_4.run(RELEASE);
    
  }
}

 

Does the ultrasonic sensor work normally?

 

This is probably a power wiring problem. R/C servos can draw a fairly high instantaneous current when they are energized. It can cause enough local voltage drop in the wiring to reset a microcontroller. To minimise this effect, make sure that all power supply wires and common return wires from all devices each separately connect directly to their supplies. You may need to add extra supply decoupling for some of the devices.

 

This is probably a power wiring problem. R/C servos can draw a fairly high instantaneous current when they are energized. It can cause enough local voltage drop in the wiring to reset a microcontroller. To minimise this effect, make sure that all power supply wires and common return wires from all devices each separately connect directly to their supplies. You may need to add extra supply decoupling for some of the devices.

Ok, I try it.

 

Ok, I try it.

It is exactly this problem, but could you perhaps be more specific about how the problem with the power supply could be solved.

 

It is exactly this problem, but could you perhaps be more specific about how the problem with the power supply could be solved.

I hope this explains it to you: