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 # Ultrasonic-sensor
 For HC SR-04 Ultrasonic Module with Arduino/Raspberry-Pi
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+This program measures the distance between the sensor and object. It is written in C and can be used for Atmel based Microcontrollers, 
+for example ATMega328p microcontroller that is present in Arduino UNO.