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Creating your own IR sensor versus using Sharp GP2Y0A02YK0F
« on: January 12, 2009, 04:06:08 AM »
So, I think the accuracy may be lower on the home made one, and good distance will be a problem.

The thing is that me and some pals have a project with a pretty high speed robot, so long and accurate distance sensoring is necassary. But we also need quite alot of sensors (6 IR sensors). Now should we make 6 our self or should we buy the sensors, at maybe 120-130 USD total?

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Re: Creating your own IR sensor versus using Sharp GP2Y0A02YK0F
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2009, 04:19:40 AM »
how do you make them?
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Re: Creating your own IR sensor versus using Sharp GP2Y0A02YK0F
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2009, 06:29:45 AM »
Those ir emitter detectors dont really work like the sharp rangefinders. The rangefinders detect the incoming angle of reflected light and calculate the distance depending upon that angle. The emitter/detector in the tutorial doesnt do this, is much much shorter distance and the output changes depending on object color, coeffieient etc....

Maybe just buy 1 rangefinder for distance measurement and make the other 4 yourself for proximity detection

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Re: Creating your own IR sensor versus using Sharp GP2Y0A02YK0F
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2009, 06:31:19 AM »
remember that you can reuse the Sharp IR sensors on later robots and projects as well
Check out the Roboduino, Arduino-compatible board!


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