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Re: simple but functional radar
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 20:08:42 GMT
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Paul Speed <pspeed@augustschell.#stopspam#com>
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Peter Hesketh wrote:
> 
> In article <002301be3e9c$ca7b2180$2b00c8c0@tim.ams.co.nz>, Tim McSweeney
> <tim@ams.co.nz> writes
> > With this IR Radar stuff is the reflected signal that is picked up by the
> > sensor also strong enough to be picked up by the RCX?  if so....
> 
> It would be, if the RCX wasn't transmitting at the same time.  Remember
> the echo you get from a tower back to the PC even with no RCX present.
> I would guess that there is a very strong optical crosstalk in the IR
> unit which would always be there, and so the RCX always receives, and
> which its firmware presumably throws away.

Based on my experiments, this is exactly what's happening.
In hindsight it really can't be any other way, but I was really looking
forward to working out something where the IR port could do the whole
proximity detection without getting the light sensor involved.  I tried
and failed. :(  Oh, well.
-Paul (pspeed@augustschell.com)

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> Regards - Peter Hesketh, Mynyddbach, Mon.
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  Re: simple but functional radar
 
In article <002301be3e9c$ca7b21...ms.co.nz>, Tim McSweeney <tim@ams.co.nz> writes (...) It would be, if the RCX wasn't transmitting at the same time. Remember the echo you get from a tower back to the PC even with no RCX present. I would guess that (...) (28 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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