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RE: Ultrasound Range-Finding
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Mon, 15 Apr 1996 19:22:29 GMT
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Sean Cunningham <SEAN@ALICEsaynotospam.MSICONSULTING.COM>
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At 12:13 PM 4/15/96 -0700, you wrote:
> > I have my Polaroid Sonar connected and running. It seems to work
> > perfectly. There is no additional circuitry required. In fact it works
> > so well, I am probably not going to install the IR system, at this time.
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> For which I have only one comment, "Curtains". Yes, IR can see curtains,
> ultrasonics cannot.
Don't most IR sensors have a limited useful range, though? I understood
that it was difficult to get more than 2-3 inches from an IR sensor - can
they be made long-range sensitive?
Sean R. Cunningham
MSI Consulting Group
http://www.msiconsulting.com/
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