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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: airman00 on January 18, 2008, 08:29:56 AM

Title: Cheap sonar sensor find
Post by: airman00 on January 18, 2008, 08:29:56 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/GE-SMART-HOME-ULTRASONIC-SENSOR-PARKING-ALERT-NEW_W0QQitemZ120211753869QQihZ002QQcategoryZ115940QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/GE-SMART-HOME-ULTRASONIC-SENSOR-PARKING-ALERT-NEW_W0QQitemZ120211753869QQihZ002QQcategoryZ115940QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)


There have been a couple of these of sale on eBay . Good prices for sonar sensor  , except I think it beeps once the sonar has a certain threshold value. Can be easily hacked for a robot.

Title: Re: Cheap sonar sensor find
Post by: SmAsH on January 20, 2008, 12:11:27 AM

yea that is cool but mount it on this http://cgi.ebay.com/Tyco-R-C-Shell-Shocker-Brand-New_W0QQitemZ170185790563QQihZ007QQcategoryZ1200QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem and youve got a cool as robot!


~smash

Title: Re: Cheap sonar sensor find
Post by: airman00 on January 20, 2008, 12:14:28 AM

Quote from: SmAsH on January 20, 2008, 12:11:27 AM

yea that is cool but mount it on this http://cgi.ebay.com/Tyco-R-C-Shell-Shocker-Brand-New_W0QQitemZ170185790563QQihZ007QQcategoryZ1200QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem and youve got a cool as robot!


~smash

lol , but you've got a bit of a problem after you mount the sonar sensor........ interfacing and programming the damn things!

Title: Re: Cheap sonar sensor find
Post by: SmAsH on January 20, 2008, 12:25:48 AM

XD lol hurry up and go to bed so my robots can kill you!