[PD] Ultrasonic Range Finder

[Julian Brooks]

Thanks Martin and Alex,

Will, no doubt, be back with/for more soon.

Julian

On 12 March 2013 18:19, Alexandre Saunier <saunier.alexandre at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi Julian,
>
> The WRM1 seems to work the same way as the ones I know. I'd be interested
> to know how it reacts and what you do with it!
>
> My git hub is alx-s.
> I've just added athe RPi_tutorials repo (
> https://github.com/alx-s/RPi_tutorials) with a first tutorial concerning
> OSC bewtween python and pd.
> Keep in mind I'm new to git and I write the tutorials as I work. If you
> spot any mistake, have, suggestion or have anything to add, ..., please
> tell me!
> That's all I've written for today but others will come by the end of the
> week (GPIO, using Maxbotix...). Good luck with it ;)
>
> Have fun,
> Alex
>
>
>
>
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> *De :* Julian Brooks <jbeezez at gmail.com>
>
> I'm thinking this one
> XL-MaxSonar - WRM1
> look forward to checking tutorials.  What's your github address?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Julian
>
>
> On 12 March 2013 14:35, Alexandre Saunier <saunier.alexandre at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> 'Power filters' are simple RC filters you can solder directly on the
> sensor, they help eliminating electric noise. Since the analog output of
> the sensor depends on the voltage with which it is fed, the cleaner the
> supply voltage, the better the analog output.
> I don't know which sensor you're gonna us, but assuming it works like the
> MB1000 or MB1200, you will find a lot of useful tips inside the datasheet
> and in the tutorial page.
>
> I'll start cleaning up my mess and a few short tutorials should be on my
> github by this evening.
>
> Best,
> Alex
>
>
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> *De :* Julian Brooks <jbeezez at gmail.com>
> **
>
> Hi Alex,
>
> Many thanks for the info.
>
> What are 'power filters'?
>
> Yes on RPi, so tutorials would be very helpful.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Julian
>
>
>
> On 12 March 2013 13:32, Alexandre Saunier <saunier.alexandre at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> Hi Julian,
>
> As for the URF, I can't give you any infos but I've been using Maxbotix's
> indoor sensors a few times.
>
> One thing you really want to take into acount is the fact that sensors
> interract with each others, you therefore need to chain them properly.
> You might want to take a look at power filters too.
> Maxbotix's tutorial page has been quite useful to me so far.
>
> As to get the infos to pd, I've been using these sensors with a raspberry
> pi.
> My option has been to collect the data from the RPi's GPIO using python
> and then send them to pd using OSC.
> I'm starting to write small tutorials explaining what I've been through,
> if you use the RPi too I'd be happy to point them to you.
>
> Have fun,
> Alex
>
>
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> *De :* Julian Brooks <jbeezez at gmail.com>
> *À :* PD List <pd-list at iem.at>
> *Envoyé le :* Mardi 12 mars 2013 13h58
> *Objet :* [PD] Ultrasonic Range Finder
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm after some advice:
>
> For an installation piece I'd like to do I'm investigating range finder
> sensors (for outdoors).
>
> Has anyone experience of the Maxbotic URF's and any tips they'd like to
> share for getting the data into Pd?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Julian
>
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