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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: ratcateme on June 14, 2008, 04:47:50 PM

Title: Photoresistors from mouser.com
Post by: ratcateme on June 14, 2008, 04:47:50 PM
I am building the $50 robot from parts from mouser.com and i want to know if these
http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=SsAbOSu8DN%2fPkTcT6PrcpQ%3d%3d (http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=SsAbOSu8DN%2fPkTcT6PrcpQ%3d%3d)
will work the same as these from radio shack
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062590&cp= (http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062590&cp=)

Scott.
Title: Re: Photoresistors from mouser.com
Post by: Admin on June 21, 2008, 11:32:36 AM
What you found are infrared sensors:
http://www.societyofrobots.com/schematics_infraredemitdet.shtml

They will work, but you may need to tweak the constants a bit in the code. You will also need infrared emitter LED's, too.