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Re: 1986 Team Titanium 2014 Reveal

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Originally Posted by Navid Shafa View Post
I want to know how you guys implemented range finding. Coming from an Aviation themed High School, VASI certainly came to mind as a possible method.
We use a MaxBotix ultrasonic sensor for continuous distance measurement. When the result is within our shot range the color of our LEDs change, using three different colors to indicate how close we are to the center of our shot range.
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