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Re: Code Orange 3476 2014 "Hanalei" Robot Reveal

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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV View Post
Care explain your setup? What exactly are you detecting?
Its a retro-reflective sensor, it has a LED in it, and the sensor detects the light being reflected back. Its super easy to use, this one may be a bit different, but the IFM one I use just has to be tuned once. They even blinks at you when you turn on the robot so you can check the sensor during match setup. Shine it on the retro reflector and see it it reads hot.

The hot zone timing is another problem, I need a bigger delay in my auto. Not sure how I am going to make up that time.
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