pic: IR Sensor on a Vex Robot!!

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by GBIT

yea all i know is red goes to red black goes to black and touching a hot iron is a bad idea........yea haha

Ahhh, wisdom. You will go far in life.

[Aren_Hill]

so basically for inputting this into a pwm on the rc we'd just use the signal wire? only 1?
i'm mech too lol

[Richard McClellan]

Originally Posted by Aren_Hill

so basically for inputting this into a pwm on the rc we'd just use the signal wire? only 1?
i'm mech too lol

You can use just the 1 signal wire if you have a common ground between the IR board and the RC, which we did because we used the same battery to power both devices. This will most likely be the case on your FIRST robot as well.

I'm actually a college student majoring in mechanical engineering, but I do know a bit of electrical stuff, hopefully I explained that well enough.

[Brandon Holley]

i'm mech too, but try and learn as much as you can about stuff like this, it will take you a lot further than you think...why you can specialize in 1 area, why not make yourself an uber engineer and learn about everything...

[Richard McClellan]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

i'm mech too, but try and learn as much as you can about stuff like this, it will take you a lot further than you think...why you can specialize in 1 area, why not make yourself an uber engineer and learn about everything...

I definitely agree, no engineering task in the real world today involves just one engineering discipline. And, you can't tinker around building robots by yourself if you only know the mechanical stuff, you've got to have a little electrical background too!

[GBIT]

Originally Posted by billbo911

Ahhh, wisdom. You will go far in life.

yea and you would of thought it would be common knowledge.