Showing posts with label Robot Sensors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robot Sensors. Show all posts

Friday, October 14, 2011

Geiger Counter Kit



Introducing the Geiger Counter Kit from the Maker Shed. This kit costs a fraction of a commercial unit and it works just like you it should, blinking and clicking in the presence of radiation. It takes about an hour to build and even has a serial output for tracking radioactivity over time.
Is Grandma’s pottery or glass collection radioactive? Do bananas give off radiation? Is that granite table given to you by your mother-in-law slightly “hot?” (In my case, yes!) With this Geiger Counter Kit these questions are yours to answer. While this is a functional Geiger counter it is for educational purposes only. Please do not use it for anything important.

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Programming i-Box III


iBox III Programmed to Never Fall From Table and Stay Away From Walls...

All you need is

2x IR Reflectors
1x Distance Sensor
2x DC Motors1x iBox III Microcontroller

This is very simple program following commands will do this all.


start
to alert
beep
end

to start
wait 100
ab, setpower 8

loop [ if (( sensor 0) > 300
and ((sensor 1) > 300 ))
[ ab, thisway ab, on ]

if ((sensor 2) > 300)
[alert
ab, thatway ab, onfor 150
a, thisway a, onfor 50
a, thatway
ab, on]


if ((sensor 0) <>
[alert
ab, thatway ab, onfor 150
a, thisway a, onfor 50
a, thatway
ab, on]

if ((sensor 1) <>
[alert
ab, thatway ab, onfor 150
b, thisway b, onfor 50
b, thatway
ab, on] ]


if ((sensor 3) > 850)
[alert
ab, thatway ab, onfor 150
a, thisway a, onfor 50
a, thatway
ab, on]
]

end
Please note this programme will handle both 1)Never fall from table 2) Never collide with Walls.
You can add further funcaitonlity in this program for example add a light sensor and then you can program to start moving is light is on and stop when light is off, things like this.