Hello, i am trying to detect a cylinder in a pool that has roughly 35 milimeters of diameter. I am using the Python library for the sensor. When i place the cylinder in front of the sensor it outputs the distance between the sensor and the pool wall, not between the sensor and the cylinder I know …

Hi @emirhanuzum , welcome to the forum :slight_smile: Our Ping Sonar requires a strong reflection to have confidence in its distance measurements - it’s best suited for detecting large surfaces (e.g. the sea floor, a wall, etc), rather than small obstacles like the cylinder you’ve described. It soun…

Hey Elliot, much thanks for your reply. I have managed to get the profile_data you have mentioned and now it works fine. Just need to analyze data to figure out the distance.

[image] Emirhan Üzüm: I have managed to get the profile_data you have mentioned and now it works fine. Glad to hear it :slight_smile: [image] Emirhan Üzüm: Just need to analyze data to figure out the distance. This post might be worth a read to help with understanding and interpreting…

Ping1D does not detect small objects, how can i configure?

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EliotBR (Eliot) July 7, 2022, 12:03am 4

Glad to hear it

This post might be worth a read to help with understanding and interpreting the data

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