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Subject: 
light sensors
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
Date: 
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 22:57:49 GMT
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KIM LEE JUNG <kim6@cooper.SPAMCAKEedu>
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Hi,
has anyone experimented with light sensors?  My group is working on a
mama and a baby robot this semester and would like to control baby's
movement by using sometype of sensors.  We are thinking of mounting sonar
sensor to the mamabot so that it could navigate around the room and maybe
mount light generating source so that babybot could follow the light.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

Lee



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  Re: light sensors
 
Hi, Light sensors are about the easiest of any type to hook to a HandyBoard. You can get inexpensive photo transistors at Radio Shack and put three of them in a configuration where one is pointing straight ahead and the other two are pointing about (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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  Re: Encoder and Sonar
 
Use the encoder routines from the HB web site: (URL) these, you can use any of the analog ports (i.e., you don't have to use ports 0 and 1 first). I have the sonar hooked up to the expansion board, too, so I have my encoders running on ports 2 & 3. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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