Thread: A reasonably reliable distance sensor with 10m range?
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Re: A reasonably reliable distance sensor with 10m range?
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Originally Posted by wireties View Post
Don't do that - point them at the wall and do the math to get the distance to the rim. It is very simple, you could even put it in a lookup table.

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Why wouldn't you want to do this? If you don't angle them towards the basket, it's rather likely you'll end up detecting the wall/bridge unless you choose the version with the cone.
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