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Re: Homebrew sensors?
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Sat, 14 Nov 1998 08:28:15 GMT
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Ben Laurie <BEN@ALGROUP.saynotospamCO.UK>
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Daniel Miller wrote:

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Michael Gasperi wrote:

There is a single channel sound sensor on my web page:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Michael_Gasperi/lego.htm
It was really designed for picking up loud noises like claps.  What you want
would require two mics and a circuit that would take the difference between
the sound levels.  Better yet it should have a very narrow bandpass filter so
that only sound a particular frequency would be heard.  The output would look
something like Light values: 50 for equal sounds at both mics, 0 for mostly
left mic, and 100 for mostly right mic.  The same kind of scheme could be done
for temperature to make a heat seeking robot.

I was thinking of something that sensed amplitude, not frequency.  (Like
the light sensor, which sees brightness, not color.)  Of course, whatever
you want for yourself is best. :)

So's Michael - he's proposing a notch filter so you get the amplitude at
a particular frequency, which may be better for a seeking application.

Cheers,

Ben.

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(...) I was thinking of something that sensed amplitude, not frequency. (Like the light sensor, which sees brightness, not color.) Of course, whatever you want for yourself is best. :) I know the logic of taking two sensors and differentiating to (...) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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