Morton MC30 Water Softener HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Salt Level Distance Sensor Bracket

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This is a bracket for mounting an HC-SR04 ultrasonic distance sensor inside the salt well of a Morton MC30 water softener. This project is part of a Home Assistant integration effort. The initial version is minimalist in design, lacking a cover and leaving no designated space for the ESP module (such as a Wemos D1 Mini). However, there's still ample room to secure one using foam tape. Future revisions will incorporate mounting accommodations for a D1 Mini or NodeMCU. Sensor measurements within my tank yield these results (+/- 0.01m): Level 0: 0.82m Level 1: 0.74m Level 2: 0.66m Level 3: 0.58m Level 4: 0.50m Level 5: 0.42m Level 6: 0.34m Level 7: 0.26m Level 8: 0.18m Filling from level 0 to level 8 requires approximately 160 pounds of salt pellets (Diamond Crystal brand). Therefore, each level increment represents about 20 pounds of salt or roughly 0.08 meters. An example Home Assistant / ESPHome YAML configuration will be posted shortly. This creation was designed using Tinkercad.