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By Mwawrzyniec
#74301 I am attempting to read a flow meter from a nodemcu. I got the code to work with a nano but when I attempt to upload to a nodemcu I am not getting any measurements. I have the power attached to Vin, ground to ground and the data wire to D2. In the serial monitor it just repeats "Flow rate: 0.0L/min Current Liquid Flowing: 0mL/Sec Output Liquid Quantity: 0mL
"
Here is the code:

Code: Select all/*
Liquid flow rate sensor -DIYhacking.com Arvind Sanjeev

Measure the liquid/water flow rate using this code.
Connect Vcc and Gnd of sensor to arduino, and the
signal line to arduino digital pin 2.
 
 */

byte statusLed    = 13;

byte sensorInterrupt = 0;  // 0 = digital pin 2
byte sensorPin       = 4;

// 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;

void setup()
{
 
  // Initialize a serial connection for reporting values to the host
  Serial.begin(115200);
   
  // Set up the status LED line as an output
  pinMode(statusLed, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(statusLed, HIGH);  // We have an active-low LED attached
 
  pinMode(sensorPin, INPUT);
  digitalWrite(sensorPin, HIGH);

  pulseCount        = 0;
  flowRate          = 0.0;
  flowMilliLitres   = 0;
  totalMilliLitres  = 0;
  oldTime           = 0;

  // The Hall-effect sensor is connected to pin 2 which uses interrupt 0.
  // Configured to trigger on a FALLING state change (transition from HIGH
  // state to LOW state)
  attachInterrupt(sensorInterrupt, pulseCounter, FALLING);
}

/**
 * Main program loop
 */
void loop()
{
   
   if((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");

    // 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);
  }
}

/*
Insterrupt Service Routine
 */
void pulseCounter()
{
  // Increment the pulse counter
  pulseCount++;
}
Last edited by Mwawrzyniec on Thu Mar 01, 2018 9:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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By schufti
#74304 the flowmeter code you copied is for atmel based Arduino, interrupts on ESP work different.
change your code like

in definitions:
Code: Select all  volatile long pulsecount=0;

in setup():
Code: Select all  pinMode(D2, INPUT);
  attachInterrupt(D2, pulseCounter, FALLING);

for isr:
Code: Select allvoid ICACHE_RAM_ATTR pulseCounter()
{
  // Increment the pulse counter
  pulseCount++;
}
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By Mwawrzyniec
#74320 I tried that and this is the error message that the compiler is giving me

Arduino: 1.8.5 (Linux), Board: "NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module), 80 MHz, 4M (1M SPIFFS), v2 Prebuilt (MSS=536), Disabled, None, 115200"

/home/pi/Downloads/FlowMeterDIY/FlowMeterDIY.ino: In function 'void setup()':
FlowMeterDIY:44: error: 'pulseCounter' was not declared in this scope
attachInterrupt(D2, pulseCounter, FALLING);
^
/home/pi/Downloads/FlowMeterDIY/FlowMeterDIY.ino: In function 'void loop()':
FlowMeterDIY:104: error: 'pulseCounter' was not declared in this scope
attachInterrupt(sensorInterrupt, pulseCounter, FALLING);
^
exit status 1
'pulseCounter' was not declared in this scope

This report would have more information with
"Show verbose output during compilation"
option enabled in File -> Preferences.

Here is the updated code:
Code: Select allbyte statusLed    = 13;

byte sensorInterrupt = 0;  // 0 = digital pin 2
byte sensorPin       = D2;
float calibrationFactor = 4.5;

volatile long pulseCount=0;

float flowRate;
unsigned int flowMilliLitres;
unsigned long totalMilliLitres;

unsigned long oldTime;

void setup()
{

  Serial.begin(115200);
   
  pinMode(statusLed, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(statusLed, HIGH);  // We have an active-low LED attached
 
  pinMode(sensorPin, INPUT);
  digitalWrite(sensorPin, HIGH);

  pulseCount        = 0;
  flowRate          = 0.0;
  flowMilliLitres   = 0;
  totalMilliLitres  = 0;
  oldTime           = 0;
 
  pinMode(D2, INPUT);
  attachInterrupt(D2, pulseCounter, FALLING);
}

void loop()
{
   
   if((millis() - oldTime) > 1000)    // Only process counters once per second
  {
    detachInterrupt(sensorInterrupt);
    flowRate = ((1000.0 / (millis() - oldTime)) * pulseCount) / calibrationFactor;
    oldTime = millis();
    flowMilliLitres = (flowRate / 60) * 1000;
    totalMilliLitres += flowMilliLitres;     
    unsigned int frac;   
    Serial.print("Flow rate: ");
    Serial.print(int(flowRate));  // Print the integer part of the variable
    Serial.print(".");             // Print the decimal point
    frac = (flowRate - int(flowRate)) * 10;
    Serial.print(frac, DEC) ;      // Print the fractional part of the variable
    Serial.print("L/min");
    Serial.print("  Current Liquid Flowing: ");             // Output separator
    Serial.print(flowMilliLitres);
    Serial.print("mL/Sec");
    Serial.print("  Output Liquid Quantity: ");             // Output separator
    Serial.print(totalMilliLitres);
    Serial.println("mL");

    pulseCount = 0;

    attachInterrupt(sensorInterrupt, pulseCounter, FALLING);
  }
}

void ICACHE_RAM_ATTR pulseCounter()
{
  pulseCount++;
}