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8. Modifying Receiver Code for Multiple Sensors

A project log for Environmental Toolkit for an Ecological Area

LoRaWAN IoT system with the Arduino MKR WAN 1300, that help my community to monitor the air quality and water of our ecological area

guillermo-perez-guillenGuillermo Perez Guillen 07/26/2022 at 20:190 Comments

RECEIVER SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM

In the figure below I show you the electrical diagram of the receiver device

As you can see, there are no hardware changes, however the code must have changes since we will receive data from three sensors and these must be separated and shown on the display. All this through code. In the figure below I show you the transmitter and the receiver.

RECEIVER CODE

There were no hardware changes on the receiving device. However, in the software there were changes, and these are shown in the code below:

LoRaReceiver_v3.ino

// AUTHOR: GUILLERMO PEREZ GUILLEN

#include <SPI.h>
#include <LoRa.h>
#include <Wire.h> // Library for I2C communication
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h> // Library for LCD
LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd = LiquidCrystal_I2C(0x27, 20, 4); // Change to (0x27,16,2) for 16x2 LCD.

char cadena[30]; //We create an array that will store the characters that we will write in the PC console. We assign a limit of characters, in this case 30
byte posicion=0;  //Variable to change the position of the characters in the array
int valor;  //Integer Variable

void setup() {
  lcd.init();  // Initiate the LCD:
  lcd.backlight();  
  pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("LoRa Receiver");
  if (!LoRa.begin(915E6)) {
    Serial.println("Starting LoRa failed!");
    while (1);
  }
}

void loop() {
  // try to parse packet
  int packetSize = LoRa.parsePacket();
  if (packetSize) {
    memset(cadena, 0,sizeof(cadena));//memset deletes the contents of the array "cadena" from position 0 to the end sizeof   
    // received a packet
    Serial.print("Received packet... ");    
    // read packet
    while (LoRa.available()) {
      char dedos= (char)LoRa.read();
      Serial.print(dedos);
      cadena[posicion]=dedos;//Read a character from the string "cadena" from "posicion", then read the next character with "posicion++"
      posicion++;
    }
    posicion=0;
    int signal_rx = LoRa.packetRssi();          
    // print RSSI of packet
    Serial.print(" with RSSI ");
    Serial.println(signal_rx);
    int parte1 = getValue(cadena,',',0).toInt();
    int parte2 = getValue(cadena,',',1).toInt();
    int parte3 = getValue(cadena,',',2).toInt();
    Serial.println(parte1);
    delay(100);
    Serial.println(parte2);
    delay(100);
    Serial.println(parte3);
    delay(100);    
    // LCD data
    lcd.clear();
    lcd.setCursor(0, 0); 
    lcd.print("RSSI =");
    lcd.setCursor(7, 0); 
    lcd.print(signal_rx);
    lcd.setCursor(11, 0); 
    lcd.print("dBm");        
    lcd.setCursor(0, 1); 
    lcd.print("Temp =");
    lcd.setCursor(8, 1); 
    lcd.print(parte1);
    lcd.setCursor(11, 1); 
    lcd.print("C");    
    lcd.setCursor(0, 2); 
    lcd.print("Hum =");
    lcd.setCursor(8, 2); 
    lcd.print(parte2);
    lcd.setCursor(11, 2); 
    lcd.print("%");        
    lcd.setCursor(0, 3); 
    lcd.print("CO2 =");
    lcd.setCursor(8, 3); 
    lcd.print(parte3);
    lcd.setCursor(11, 3); 
    lcd.print("PPM");                       
    digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);
    delay(2000);
    digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW); 
  }
}

String getValue(String data, char separator, int index)
{
  int found = 0;
  int strIndex[] = {0, -1};
  int maxIndex = data.length()-1;
  for(int i=0; i<=maxIndex && found<=index; i++){
    if(data.charAt(i)==separator || i==maxIndex){
        found++;
        strIndex[0] = strIndex[1]+1;
        strIndex[1] = (i == maxIndex) ? i+1 : i;
    }
  }
  return found>index ? data.substring(strIndex[0], strIndex[1]) : "";
}

In the next post we will see a demonstration of how this project works.

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