Problem with data logging in arduino environment

[sunandhan]

HI guys, iam recently making a projects that include arduino, mpu6050 and bmp280 and finally i have to log that data so, iam using a microSD card module

info of the the microSD card:

Initializing SD card...Wiring is correct and a card is present.

Card type: SDHC
Clusters: 1914880
Blocks x Cluster: 8
Total Blocks: 15319040

Volume type is: FAT32
Volume size (Kb): 7659520
Volume size (Mb): 7480
Volume size (Gb): 7.30

Files found on the card (name, date and size in bytes):

first i always try to test every modules one by one to find whether they are working good and i will do that with the help Arduibo IDE example codes and my every modules including microSD card module is working well and for microSD card first used cardinfo and it works perfectly and then i used datalogger code and i also logged the data perfectly and it is actually working very very well. Then i started to write my code first for mpu6050 and bmp280 and there is no mistakes in that code and i also so got good values and then i just included the datalogger code from example in my code and after that also there is no mistakes, actually everything is perfect and i just uploaded that code to my arduino nano and see the serial monitor and it shows :

⸮?>8>?⸮8⸮>>⸮>⸮⸮?8⸮?⸮??⸮?⸮⸮?⸮

and this is the only thing that serial monitor shows !!

iam also posting last lines of upload pane, the ones that say how much program and RAM memory iam using so it will help u :

Sketch uses 27078 bytes (88%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30720 bytes.
Global variables use 1924 bytes (93%) of dynamic memory, leaving 124 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.
Low memory available, stability problems may occur.

and the baud rate in serial monitor is equal to baud rate in Serial.begin() and i choosed the baud rate 9600

and if i delete the data logging code from my main code then it works perfectly but if i include the data logging code in my main code then only it is not working and it shows ⸮?>8>?⸮8⸮>>⸮>⸮⸮?8⸮?⸮??⸮?⸮⸮?⸮ in serial monitor

and main thing is, this problem comes after iam adding a countdown code(basically if a press a button then for loop starts) in my main code after that only the serial shows ⸮?>8>?⸮8⸮>>⸮>⸮⸮?8⸮?⸮??⸮?⸮⸮?⸮ but my countdown code doesn't have any mistakes in it and i also checked it with out adding in my main code and it works well but when i add that in my main code it shows like that and if i delete the data logging code from my main code then everything works well including countdown and if i delete countdown code from my main code then everything works well including data logging and if i add both(data logging and countdown) in my main code then only it serial monitor shows like ⸮?>8>?⸮8⸮>>⸮>⸮⸮?8⸮?⸮??⸮?⸮⸮?⸮ and then it is not working properly

void setup() {

  Serial.begin(9600);

  pinMode(led1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(led2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(buzz, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(chipSelect, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(but, INPUT_PULLUP);

  s.attach(6);

  imuconfig();

  checking();

  countdown();

  delay(1000);

}

void loop() {

  oldtime = newtime;
  newtime = millis();
  elapsedTime = (newtime - oldtime) / 1000 ;

  imu();

  Serial.print(" X axis = ");
  Serial.print(totalX);
  Serial.print(" | ");
  Serial.print(" Y axis = ");
  Serial.print(totalY);
  Serial.print(" | ");

  Serial.print(F("Temperature = "));
  Serial.print(bmp.readTemperature());
  Serial.print(" *C");
  Serial.print(" | ");

  Serial.print(F("Pressure = "));
  Serial.print(bmp.readPressure());
  Serial.print(" Pa");
  Serial.print(" | ");

  Serial.print(F("Approx altitude = "));
  Serial.print(bmp.readAltitude(1011.7));// Adjusted to local forecast!
  Serial.print(" m");
  Serial.print(" | ");

  Serial.println("");

  data();
}

void countdown() {

  v = digitalRead(but);

  if (v == 0) {
    for (int b = 0; b < 6; b++) {
      int buz;
      buz = buz + 1000;
      tone(buzz, buz);
      delay(100);
      noTone(buzz);
      delay(100);
    }
 
    Serial.println("COUNTDOWN STARTS !!");
    Serial.println("DURATION IS 60s");
 
    for (int x = 0; x < 60; x++) {
  
      Serial.println(y);
      v = digitalRead(but);
  
      if (v == 0) {
    
        Serial.println("LAUNCH SCRUBBED !!");
        tone(buzz, 100);
        delay(1000);
        noTone(buzz);
        while (w) {
      
          v = digitalRead(but);
          if ( v == 0) {
        
            w = 0;
        
          }
        }
      }
      if (y <= 60 && y > 45) {
        digitalWrite(led2, HIGH);
        delay(500);
        digitalWrite(led2, LOW);
        delay(500);
      }
      else if (y <= 55 && y > 30) {
        digitalWrite(led1, HIGH);
        delay(500);
        digitalWrite(led1, LOW);
        delay(500);
      }
      else if (y <= 30 && y > 10) {
        digitalWrite(led1, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(led2, HIGH);
        delay(500);
        digitalWrite(led1, LOW);
        digitalWrite(led2, LOW);
        delay(500);
      }
      else if (y <= 10 && y > 1 ) {
        digitalWrite(buzz, HIGH);
        delay(500);
        digitalWrite(buzz, LOW);
        delay(500);
      }
      else if (y = 1) {
        tone(buzz, 600);
        delay(1000);
        noTone(buzz);
        delay(500);
      }
      y = y - 1;
    }
  }
}

void data() {

  File dataFile = SD.open("datalog.txt", FILE_WRITE);
  if (dataFile) {
    dataFile.println(totalX);
    dataFile.close();
  }

  else {

    Serial.println("error opening datalog.txt");

  }
}

and this not my full code but this is where the problem is

and i really don't know why this is happening and if anyone know what is really going on pls pls pls pls say and pls help me to solve this problem, pls pls

 

[Harald Kapp]

⸮?>8>?⸮8⸮>>⸮>⸮⸮?8⸮?⸮??⸮?⸮⸮?⸮

Looks like a mismatch in the serial communication.

baud rate in serial monitor is equal to baud rate in Serial.begin()

Do the number of stop bits and the parity match, too?

 

[sunandhan]

Looks like a mismatch in the serial communication.

Do the number of stop bits and the parity match, too?

yes

 

[bertus]

Hello,

Are the signals at TTL level or at RS232 level?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232
Are the levels matching?

Bertus

 

[Harald Kapp]

if i delete the data logging code from my main code then it works perfectly

The "datalogging code" is which part? This one?

void data() {

  File dataFile = SD.open("datalog.txt", FILE_WRITE);
  if (dataFile) {
    dataFile.println(totalX);
    dataFile.close();
  }

  else {

    Serial.println("error opening datalog.txt");

  }
}

Check the pins used by the serial port (Rx, TX) and by the SD card. If they use shared pins, Using the SD card will interfere with the serial communication.