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Re: Looking for EV3 Infra Red Sensor and Beacon Specs
Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 16:45
by gloomyandy
My reading of the docs is that in proximity mode it is a maximum distance of 50-70cm not minimum. Certainly in proximity mode it seems to work fine at distances much less than 50cm. I'm pretty sure in beacon mode that it works at less than 50cm as well. The following site has some interesting data on this:
http://www.ev-3.net/en/archives/848
What seems to be missing is data on the relationship between the actual bearing of the beacon and the sensor value, and what happens with multiple beacons...
Re: Looking for EV3 Infra Red Sensor and Beacon Specs
Posted: 15 Nov 2013, 09:22
by technicrobot
It is not possible using PF IR remote to send EV3 IR Beacon signal, because the new beacon message binary never used in any PF IR remote.
but the Beacon signal still using LPF RC Protocol, then
i have found the new EV3 IR Beacon message binary representation as below:
Channel 1: start 0100 0000 0000 0110 stop
Channel 2: start 0101 0000 0000 0100 stop
Channel 3: start 0110 0000 0000 0010 stop
Channel 4: start 0111 0000 0000 0000 stop
i have tested those message binary, transmit LEGO EV3 IR Beacon signal using Arduino
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch4NUazpjJ8
Re: Looking for EV3 Infra Red Sensor and Beacon Specs
Posted: 15 Nov 2013, 17:11
by inxt-generation
It may well be that it has its own beacon signal. However, my tests have shown that any signal on the appropriate channel will act as a beacon, and the IR sensor is perfectly capable of tracking the source.
Re: Looking for EV3 Infra Red Sensor and Beacon Specs
Posted: 28 Nov 2013, 05:56
by mightor
That's pretty cool! Can it differentiate well between beacons on different channels?
= Xander
Re: Looking for EV3 Infra Red Sensor and Beacon Specs
Posted: 28 Nov 2013, 15:21
by inxt-generation
I didn't think to try that. It'd present some interesting possibilities.
Re: Looking for EV3 Infra Red Sensor and Beacon Specs
Posted: 29 Nov 2013, 06:39
by mightor
It would be super useful for estimating your position inside a robosoccer field, for example
= Xander
Re: Looking for EV3 Infra Red Sensor and Beacon Specs
Posted: 12 Dec 2013, 13:29
by amarillis62
Hi everybody. My first post here.
The same problem for me!
I'm trying to program a beacon follower that shoots when a remote button is pressed.
The follower works OK since I don't add the code for the shooter. At that time the beacon proximity value is always 100 and the robot crashes on the remote beacon...
My understanding is that the two IR sensor block (Measure Beacon and Compare Remote) can not live side by side.
It sounds weird but anyway this is what I'm experiencing.
Any idea?
Thanks
Ivan