| Part # |
Sensor |
Uses |
Company/
Link |
Datasheets |
Approx
Cost |
Posting
Date |
| Parallax 29144 |
25 Amp Motor Driver |
25 Amp Motor Driver Board |
Parallax: Info
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Data Sheet
Controller Code
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$50 |
Sept 06 |
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LMD18200 |
3 Amp Motor Driver Board |
Board: Acroname
Chips: National Semiconductor |
Board: Acroname
Chips: National Semiconductor |
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Info on new and unique sensors |
Many new sensor ideas and applications |
The Sensor Portal |
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| AR4000 |
Laser Distance Measuring Sensor |
Ranging and navigation applications |
Schmitt Industries |
AR4000 |
TSL213
TSL214 |
64x1 Integrated Opto Sensor |
Positioning, Edge and Mark Detection, Contact Imaging |
Texas Instruments |
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Pulsed Laser Diode |
Range Finder, Measurement Equipment using Optical Fiber, Light-triggered Control Systems |
Hamamatsu |
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40kHz Ultrasonic Transducer |
Used in the most popular sonar circuit. |
All Electronics |
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High current LEDs |
Useful for applications requiring high levels of IR output. |
Optek |
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Spring 2002 |
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| Louis Brandy |
Shaft Encoder/ Axiom EVBU Board |
Maps a path, shows user |
Axiom |
|
| Jean-Philippe Clerc |
LCD sensor/ Limit switch |
Navigation |
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| Lee Cofer |
Hall Effect Sensor |
Find a magnet |
Digikey |
Part Specs |
| Matthew Cousins |
Pyro-Electric Detector |
Detect human presence |
Acroname |
Eltec 442-3 |
| Michael Hattermann |
LiteOn IR detector |
Speed detector |
Acroname |
LiteOn IR specs |
| Donald Lair |
Atmel Mega-8L |
Simulation of Homer |
Dontronics |
dt107 specs |
| Derrick Moy |
Pyro-Electric Sensor/Atmel AVR 8535 |
Human Detection |
|
AVR 8535 Specs |
| Jonathan Palgon |
Ultrasonic Sensor |
Sonar Reciever |
Maxim |
|
| Jonathan Preussner |
Metal Detector |
Find Coins |
|
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| Justin Rice |
Infrared Transciever/PIC16F877 |
Communication between Robots |
Jameco |
PIC16F877 Spec sheet |
| Ian St.John |
IR Beacon/Sensor |
Target location |
|
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| Philip Thomas |
Flex Sensor/80c552 |
Helps NUN to Punch |
Futek |
|
| Carley Thompson |
Flex and Breakbeam Ball Detector |
Ball location |
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Fall/Spring 2001 |
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| Miguel Arnedo |
IR detector |
Detectors used in conjunction with LED emitters for obstacle avoidance(4 to 16 inch range) |
Sharp |
Sharp |
| Chung Chov |
IR detector |
similar to previous(6-80 cm range) |
Sharp |
|
| Wiley Ammons |
40 kHz IR Sensors |
Used to gauge the distance |
Mekatronix |
gp1u58x Specs |
| Wiley Ammons |
Stud detector |
Detect studs behind sheetrock(drywall) |
Zircon |
Spec Sheet |
| Wiley Ammons |
Solenoid |
9 volt, 3 amp push-type tube solenoid |
Solenoid City |
Solenoid spec |
| Lesley Boylston |
Cadmium Sulfide (CdS) cells |
Color sensor, Light sensor |
Edmunds Scientific |
338-76C CdS cell specs |
| David Pinto |
Bump switches |
Frontal obstacle avoidance |
Radio Shack |
|
| David Pinto |
Bump switches with ¾ Roller Lever |
Placed on sides for collision avoidance |
Radio Shack |
|
| Jerone Hammond |
Voice recognition circuit |
Speech recognition, Speaker verification, Speech and music synthesis, and Voice record and playback. |
Voice Activation |
Voice Activation |
| David Pinto |
Wireless X10 camera, (PC running JRE, Java Runtime Environment) |
Video
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Fall 2000 |
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| 49-425 |
Motion Detector |
Senses the movement of heat across its pyro-detector(15 feet,10 feet @ 20 deg.) |
Radio Shack |
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| PS10 |
Toner cartridge position sensor from HP 4500 DN color laser printer |
Sense and follow wall |
Hewlett Packard |
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| Ernesto Cividanes |
Family Guard Smoke Alarm |
Detects ionized particles in the air |
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