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27921
Hi everyone.. I am making a circuit for sensing laser modulated at a frequency of 10kHz. I tried using phototransistors and photodiodes to sense the laser, but...
Mustafa
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Jun 1, 2006
10:31 am
27922
see if a normal red led is fast enough....
Triffid Hunter
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Jun 1, 2006
12:05 pm
27923
... Your laser probably isn't actually outputing a modulated signal. The constant current circuit in later lasers have large caps. They can't be externally...
Randy M. Dumse
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Jun 1, 2006
4:20 pm
27924
... Look at the beam angle and sensitivity. Lasers put out very little light except down the beam, unless your spot is right on the detector you won't see...
Alan King
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Jun 1, 2006
4:37 pm
27925
... What kind of phototransistors and photodiodes were you using? IR phototransistors will work reasonably well with visible light so long as you get the ones...
PeterBalch
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Jun 1, 2006
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27926
That is how my beam robot heads to the light!! Two Flashing LED "eyes" ... JIMc x22661 National Ignition Facility [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Jim McBride
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Jun 1, 2006
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27927
Thanks alan, but i had already changed the lens to spread out the laser. The phototransistor and photodiode i used are clear plastic types and so i do not...
Mustafa
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Jun 2, 2006
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27928
I am not sure if there are any advantages other than their size. Take your volt meter and connect it to the leads of an LED. You will find that it gives off...
Jim McBride
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Jun 2, 2006
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27929
... I'm not sure I understand this, but do you mean 1m is too much for IR? I have seen homemade IR links (lens-less) up to 10m, and up to 20m using lenses. Our...
Pedro Drummond
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Jun 2, 2006
7:18 pm
27930
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the SeattleRobotics group. File :...
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Jun 3, 2006
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27931
Sorry to confuse you Pedro. But this is only a prototype of an application working on lasers. ... m and that ... IR? I ... using ... frequency of ... the ... ...
Mustafa
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Jun 3, 2006
1:43 pm
27932
... Sounds like a laser modulation to me. How well did the phottransistor respond to a TV remote control? ... I don't understand that. When I tried it...
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Jun 3, 2006
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27933
Hi there, I just tried the seattlerobotics.org home page and the domain name registration expired June 1. I tried to email the secretary @ ...
Bill
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Jun 3, 2006
7:40 pm
27934
Hi guys. I've been building a six-legged robot for my graduation thesis, though since i don't have a mechanical background i've miscalculated some torque needs...
Decock Sven
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Jun 3, 2006
7:42 pm
27935
hye all .. can someone help me 2 compile the program in this site .. http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200010/robarnold.html ... Try the all-new Yahoo!...
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Jun 3, 2006
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27936
hye there .. im mohd haaziq from south korea ... d circuit .. n im using PIC 16F84A instead of PIC 16F84 bcoz its out of order .....
mohd haaziq
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Jun 3, 2006
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27937
Greetings, I am working on a autonomous Micro Air Vehicle project that is almost complete. To control the speed and side to side movement, I am using a low...
Charles Meyer
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27938
Greetings, I am working on an autonomous Micro Air Vehicle project that is almost complete. To control the speed and side to side movement, I am using a low...
Charles Meyer
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Jun 3, 2006
7:49 pm
27939
That's a nifty little sensor you've found. Do tell us how it works when you get it to! Are you sure the serial interface isn't just I2C instead of SPI? I'm ...
Tom Capon
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Jun 3, 2006
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27940
Hi, everyone, Problem: I can't get the states of bits 4 and 5 of GPIO of the PIC12C508 to change states. As you know, this is the only I/0 port for this chip...
fierywanderer
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Jun 3, 2006
10:23 pm
27941
I went ahead & renewed it for a year. It should be active again soon....
Mike Payson
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Jun 3, 2006
10:43 pm
27942
Those are the pins used for the crystal oscillator. Sounds like your simulator thinks there's a crystal there. Check your oscillator settings in every place...
Tom Capon
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Jun 4, 2006
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27943
hye there .. im mohd haaziq from south korea ... d circuit .. n im using PIC 16F84A instead of PIC 16F84 bcoz its out of order .. ... Send instant messages to...
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Jun 4, 2006
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27944
It's not really SPI but it is similar. I wouldn't expect a standard SPI port to work. Have you seen this doc? It's for the ADNS-2610 which appears to have...
Charlie Heath
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Jun 4, 2006
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27945
It does seem to communicate in a manner similar to I2C, though the read/write bit in I2C is sent as LSB I believe. If you use Microchip's C compiler (I think...
Tony
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Jun 4, 2006
5:38 pm
27946
Thank you, Tom. Microchip tech support didn't mention that. I figured the bits might not change state in the simulator window, but might respond just fine...
fierywanderer
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Jun 4, 2006
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27947
Try using & instead of commas in between settings. I think it's concatenated bitwise that way....
Tom Capon
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Jun 4, 2006
8:52 pm
27948
The interface on this chip differs from I2C in that you can not have more than one device on the same bus (at least not as easily). I am not familiar enough...
Charles Meyer
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Jun 4, 2006
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27949
... what should I look for on arrow elec? keith rowell...
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Jun 5, 2006
1:41 pm
27950
Decock, I've tried to supply the 6688 with 12V before, and have blown the chip...3 times. So after the 3 servos I decided that adding a wire was a better...
John Baker
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