[ejthe4th]

our team is using a whole load of sensors for auton_mode =1. one of the first sensors we used is the banner light sensors. they came standard in the kit, they give off a digital signal.

their wiring schematic is on page 18 of section 5 "The Robot". the Blue wire goes to ground, Brown goes to +12V (from a 20Amp breaker on the fuse bus, it does not connect to the +5V on the robot controller). the black and white wires are the signal wires, one is NC (normally closed) and the other is NO (normally open) there is a schematic on the side of the sensor that helps explain it. you should only need to hook up one of the black or white wires, not both (it's your pick). these sensors can tell the difference between light and dark, it will either "see" a light or it won't, nothing between (good for line following to finding a line)

have you tried using the current sensors that are provided in the kit? we've had quite a bit of "fun" testing these...we wanted to know how many amps the motors could pull, so we put the 'bot agains the wall, i climbed on and we went "full speed ahead", the motors got really hot, the wheels slowly spun, burning 2 tread marks into our school's carpeting, and pulling 40 amps per motor...we only tested this once.

if you need any help with these i'll try and help, just e-mail me