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Photoresistors from mouser.com
« 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
will work the same as these from radio shack
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062590&cp=

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Re: Photoresistors from mouser.com
« Reply #1 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.
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