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Re: Shutting off illumination LED on Light Sensor for LIDAR
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Date: 
Wed, 28 Mar 2001 22:27:04 GMT
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Ralph Hempel had an example of the heat-shrink tubing solution here:

http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/lightsensor/index.html

He also tried used some black vinyl from a binder?

-Tim

In lugnet.robotics, Henry Chea writes:
> To make a passive light sensor, you can use a design like Michael Gasperi's:
> 
> http://www.plazaearth.com/usr/gasperi/cds.htm
> 
> It costs only a couple bucks, and works quite well.
> 
> If you would like better response from your lego light sensor, you can
> use a piece of black shrinkwrap tubing and slip it over the red led.
> Make sure that the tubing completely surrounds the side of the led for
> best results. Then you can either close off the end of the tubing or
> leave it open; either way the sensitivity of the light sensor increases dramatically.
> 
> //Henry Chea
>                          hchea@kungstorget.nu
>            *S*  Göteborg, jaja, jag behöver inget mer!  *S*
>                       http://www.kungstorget.nu



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  Re: Shutting off illumination LED on Light Sensor for LIDAR
 
To make a passive light sensor, you can use a design like Michael Gasperi's: (URL) costs only a couple bucks, and works quite well. If you would like better response from your lego light sensor, you can use a piece of black shrinkwrap tubing and (...) (26 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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