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Long Range Dual Infra Red Obstacle Detector v2
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Dual Infra Red Obstacle Detector - 40 kHz

Long Range Dual Infra Red Obstacle Detector - (DROD40) can be used when your Robot needs an "Eye or Touch" in order to sense the possible obstacles in its way. One simple way to do this is to use Lego touch sensor based tentacles to detect obstacles. However this works only when your robot is too close to the obstacle. Other way is to transmit either Radio Wave (RADAR), Ultra Sonic Waves (SONAR) or Infra Red Radiation and detect the reflected waves or radiation from the obstacle ahead. While using SONAR or RADAR you can get distance information. However most of the time robot only need to know approximate range of the obstacle and not the precise distance.

mindsensors.com has developed a very economical solution to this problem - DROD40 (Dual Infrared Obstacles Detector - 40 kHz) that is designed with these objectives in mind and have range of 6" to 18" (15cm to 45 cm) depending of the object size. This sensor is capable of detecting obstacles on Left, Right or ahead.
Since DROD40 provides reading of obstacles LEFT, RIGHT and AHEAD distinctly, robot can avoid them intelligently. Example NQC program for this is also available on this page. When executed, this program checks for reflection and if there is an obstacle it turns the robot to avoid it.

This sensor will work with NXT as light sensor attached using converter cables supplied with MINDSTORMS Education NXT set.

Use as a light sensor in RIS or ROBOLAB.

Light sensor reading:
  • greater than 70 : obstacle in front
  • 70 to 45 : obstacle on right
  • 45 to 15 : obstacle on left
  • less than 15 : No obstacle

Contraptions using DROD40

The Garrett Engineering And Robotics Society Sumo Robots
How to connect DROD40 to your robot
mounting tips



NQC Program
NQC
// To use with Left -Right Drive kind of motor
// Motor A--- Left motor
// Motor C--- Right motor
//  *  greater than 70 : obstacle in front
//  * 70 to 45 : obstacle on right
//  * 45 to 15 : obstacle on left
//  * less than 15 : No obstacle


task check()
{
  while(true)
  {
     if(SENSOR_2 >70)
    {
      OnRev(OUT_A);
      OnRev(OUT_C);
      Wait(75);
      OnFwd(OUT_C);
      Wait(50);
      OnFwd(OUT_A);
    }

    if((SENSOR_2 >45)&(SENSOR_2 <70))
    {
      OnRev(OUT_A);
      OnRev(OUT_C);
      Wait(75);
      OnFwd(OUT_C);
      Wait(50);
      OnFwd(OUT_A);
    }
     if((SENSOR_2 >15)&(SENSOR_2 <45))
    {
      OnRev(OUT_A);
      OnRev(OUT_C);
      Wait(75);
      OnFwd(OUT_A);
      Wait(50);
      OnFwd(OUT_C);
    }
  }
}

task main()
{
     SetSensorType(SENSOR_2, SENSOR_TYPE_LIGHT);
     SetSensorMode(SENSOR_2, SENSOR_MODE_PERCENT);
     while(1)
     {
        OnFwd(OUT_A);
        OnFwd(OUT_C);
        start check;
     }
}


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