Investigation of ultrasonic sensor type JSN-SRT04 performance as flood elevation detection

Abstract

To measure water surface elevation, the measurement technique with ultrasonic technology has been recently being applied to various sectors, such as automotive, robotic and industrial requirement. This research aims to create water surface elevation measurement with JSN-SR04T ultrasonic sensor, which has 0.5 cm measurement resolution. Arduino-Uno microcontroller with a microprocessor-Atmega238 type was used as a measurement data processing system. The system test was conducted in a river where the system was placed under the bridge, and then the elevation water surface levels were captured by the sensor. After that, the results were displayed on the LCD screen. The test was executed in 37 testing scenarios of the condition of the river water surface. Then, the measurement results from the system were compared to the manual measurement. The results showed that the value of measurement error was 0.75%. This finding is in line with the datasheet which indicates that WSN-SR04T sensor can provide a maximum resolution of 0.5 cm.