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// Credit:
// - https://diyhacking.com/arduino-flow-rate-sensor
// - http://www.instructables.com/id/Flowmeter-NodeMcu-Counting-Litres/
#include <Arduino.h>
#include <EEPROM.h>
#define USE_SERIAL Serial
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <ESP8266HTTPClient.h>
// Variable init
const int buttonPin = D2; // variable for D2 pin
const int ledPin = D7;
char push_data[200]; //string used to send info to the server ThingSpeak
int addr = 0; //endereço eeprom
byte sensorInterrupt = 0; // 0 = digital pin 2
// The hall-effect flow sensor outputs approximately 4.5 pulses per second per
// litre/minute of flow.
float calibrationFactor = 4.5;
volatile byte pulseCount;
float flowRate;
unsigned int flowMilliLitres;
unsigned long totalMilliLitres;
unsigned long oldTime;
//SSID and PASSWORD for the AP (swap the XXXXX for real ssid and password )
const char * ssid = "<NETWORK_NAME>";
const char * password = "<NETWORK_PASSWORD>";
//HTTP client init
HTTPClient http;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200); // Start the Serial communication to send messages to the computer
delay(10);
Serial.println('\n');
startWIFI();
// Initialization of the variable “buttonPin” as INPUT (D2 pin)
pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);
// Two types of blinking
// 1: Connecting to Wifi
// 2: Push data to the cloud
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
pulseCount = 0;
flowRate = 0.0;
flowMilliLitres = 0;
totalMilliLitres = 0;
oldTime = 0;
digitalWrite(buttonPin, HIGH);
attachInterrupt(digitalPinToInterrupt(buttonPin), pulseCounter, RISING);
}
void loop() {
if (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED && (millis() - oldTime) > 1000) // Only process counters once per second
{
// Disable the interrupt while calculating flow rate and sending the value to
// the host
detachInterrupt(sensorInterrupt);
// Because this loop may not complete in exactly 1 second intervals we calculate
// the number of milliseconds that have passed since the last execution and use
// that to scale the output. We also apply the calibrationFactor to scale the output
// based on the number of pulses per second per units of measure (litres/minute in
// this case) coming from the sensor.
flowRate = ((1000.0 / (millis() - oldTime)) * pulseCount) / calibrationFactor;
// Note the time this processing pass was executed. Note that because we've
// disabled interrupts the millis() function won't actually be incrementing right
// at this point, but it will still return the value it was set to just before
// interrupts went away.
oldTime = millis();
// Divide the flow rate in litres/minute by 60 to determine how many litres have
// passed through the sensor in this 1 second interval, then multiply by 1000 to
// convert to millilitres.
flowMilliLitres = (flowRate / 60) * 1000;
// Add the millilitres passed in this second to the cumulative total
totalMilliLitres += flowMilliLitres;
unsigned int frac;
// Print the flow rate for this second in litres / minute
Serial.print("Flow rate: ");
Serial.print(int(flowRate)); // Print the integer part of the variable
Serial.print("."); // Print the decimal point
// Determine the fractional part. The 10 multiplier gives us 1 decimal place.
frac = (flowRate - int(flowRate)) * 10;
Serial.print(frac, DEC); // Print the fractional part of the variable
Serial.print("L/min");
// Print the number of litres flowed in this second
Serial.print(" Current Liquid Flowing: "); // Output separator
Serial.print(flowMilliLitres);
Serial.print("mL/Sec");
// Print the cumulative total of litres flowed since starting
Serial.print(" Output Liquid Quantity: "); // Output separator
Serial.print(totalMilliLitres);
Serial.println("mL");
if (flowRate > 0) {
digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
delay(100);
// Replace <YOUR_API_KEY> with your EmonCMS API Key
sprintf(push_data, "http://emoncms.org/input/post?json={frac:%d.%d,flowml:%d,totalml:%d}&node=Penampung2&apikey=<YOUR_API_KEY>", int(flowRate), int(frac), flowMilliLitres, totalMilliLitres);
Serial.printf("%s\n", push_data);
http.begin(push_data);
digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
delay(100);
int httpCode = http.GET();
// httpCode_code will be a negative number if there is an error
Serial.print(httpCode);
if (httpCode > 0) {
digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
delay(100);
// file found at server
if (httpCode == HTTP_CODE_OK) {
String payload = http.getString();
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(payload);
}
digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
delay(100);
} else {
Serial.printf("[HTTP] GET... failed, error: %s\n", http.errorToString(httpCode).c_str());
}
http.end();
}
// Reset the pulse counter so we can start incrementing again
pulseCount = 0;
// Enable the interrupt again now that we've finished sending output
attachInterrupt(sensorInterrupt, pulseCounter, FALLING);
} else if (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
startWIFI();
}
}
/*
Insterrupt Service Routine
*/
void pulseCounter() {
// Increment the pulse counter
pulseCount++;
}
void startWIFI(void) {
digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
delay(100);
WiFi.begin(ssid, password); // Connect to the network
Serial.print("Connecting to ");
Serial.print(ssid);
Serial.println(" ...");
oldTime = 0;
int i = 0;
digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
delay(100);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) { // Wait for the Wi-Fi to connect
digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
delay(2000);
Serial.print(++i);
Serial.print('.');
digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
delay(100);
}
delay(2000);
Serial.print('\n');
Serial.print("Connection established!");
Serial.print("IP address:\t");
Serial.print(WiFi.localIP()); // Send the IP address of the ESP8266 to the computer
}
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