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Re: IR Collision avoidance
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
Date: 
Wed, 12 Mar 1997 23:52:59 GMT
Original-From: 
Sriram Tirunellayi <sriram@ds5500.cemr.NOSPAMwvu.edu>
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   My question is...in the first diagram (below) the resistance is 220
ohm ie 0.2KOhm
   But in the second diagram the resistances are 2.2KOhm
Which is the correct one?

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On Feb 28,  3:02pm, MAR ERICSON wrote:
Subject: Re: IR Collision avoidance

              220 Ohm
    o--------/\/\/\--------------+-------------+---------------+
J7  o                          (LED)         (LED)           (LED)
    o----------------------------+-------------+---------------+


What are the three LED's for?


Those are the IR LED's - the one's that transmit the IR light that the
receiver sees.

Also, while I'm at it, I found out that the diagram above isn't completely
accurate (I drew it from memory).  The circuit I really use is like this:

   o-------------------+--------------+--------------------+
J7 o                   |              |                    |
   o---------          /              /                    /
            |          \              \                    \
            |     2.2K /       2.2K   /              2.2K  /
            |          \              \                    \
            |          |              |                    |
            |       (IR LED)       (IR LED)             (IR LED)
            |          |              |                    |
            -----------+--------------+--------------------+


Chris




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  Re: IR Collision avoidance
 
(...) Resistors in series with LEDs are generally current limiters, meaning that the LED is very low resistance when conducting, so the resistor is the determinant of current flow. With the little colored LEDs I teach my students to hook up a 1K pot (...) (28 years ago, 13-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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