Tag Archives: sensors
Building Zumo – Part III
Completed the Zumo hardware side and got the encoders working but then hit a road block trying to get the motors to turn…
MMA8452Q
I was hoping to add an accelerometer to Wallie to help detect collisions with obstacles. Alas it’s not to be. I had purchased a breakout board for the MMA8452Q accelerometer from sparkfun. It was on clearance at the time so I bought it on a whim. Luckily it’s one of the more sensitive accelerometers (2g) […]
First Circuit – Motion Alarm
For my first excursion into things Arduino I had purchased the “Make: Ultimate Microcontroller Pack” kit from RadioShack. It contains an assortment of components, i.e. LEDs, capacitor, resistors, various sensors, LCD display …etc, as well as the Arduino Uno Rev 3 and the MakerShield prototyping “shield”. I had also purchased a passive infrared sensor and […]
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