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Re: IR devices
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Mon, 10 Nov 1997 18:07:48 GMT
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Darkman <lroska@&SayNoToSpam&cyberus.ca>
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Hi Jeremy!
I used the shaft encoder out of a track ball for my robotic project(same
thing but a bit bigger). You do not need the IC out of the mouse just take
the shaft encoder and use it with a IR led and detector pair. If you are
going to use the digital inputs to count the tics use a smith trigger to
clean up the detector output else use the encoder routine supplied with the
handyboard IC library. If I recall correctly this routine requires you to
connect the detector to the analog inputs.
I hope this helps.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Sarao <jeremy@hiresystems.com>
To: <handyboard@media.mit.edu>
Date: Monday, November 10, 1997 10:02 AM
Subject: IR devices
> I recently opened up a mouse (the computer kind, not the live kind) and
> found what I assume to be 2 IR shaft encoders which it uses to translate
> the direction you are moving the mouse. Is there a way that I could remove
> them and turn them into shaft encoders for the handyboard?
>
> I don't want to take the time to describe how they are layed out on the
> PCB, but I assume it's pretty standard, so pop open your mouse if you need
> the visualization.
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> Any info about this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> It also had a IC labled: e-cmos ec3568a1 9534. Do you think I would need
> the chip as well? In other words: are the ir devices directly related to
> the IC?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeremy
>
>
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