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- From: johnh@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au (John Haddy)
- Subject: Re: IR circuit less prone to ambient light
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.223918.25286@mailhost.ocs.mq.edu.au>
- Sender: johnh@macadam (John Haddy)
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- Organization: Macquarie University, Sydney
- References: <nyarko.721072506@ee.ualberta.ca>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 22:39:18 GMT
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- In article <nyarko.721072506@ee.ualberta.ca>, nyarko@ee.ualberta.ca (David Nyarko) writes:
- |>
- |> Hi,
- |> Could I have help (circuit diagrams etc.) for an Infra-Red
- |> (IR) transmitter/receiver with a low tolerance to ambient
- |> light. What I have in mind is the design of an obstacle
- |> avoidance circuit. Sort of similar to the IR system used
- |> in autofocusing cameras without the circuitry for
- |> computing the distance.
- |> David
- |>
- |> email address: nyarko@bode.ee.ualberta.ca
-
- I've come across a wonderful device from SHARP. It has, in a miniature 4 pin
- package, a photodiode, amplifier, oscillator, SYNCHRONOUS DETECTOR and infra-red
- LED driver. All you need to do is add a LED and give it some power.
-
- The synchronous detection effectively eliminates ambient light interference
- problems. Although no good for remote control type applications (you need wires
- btween the receiver and detector), it is perfect for what you describe. It will
- detect obstacles at a range of about 6" in reflective mode with no modifications.
- You could add a current multiplier to the LED drive to get more range (it only
- drives about 2mA at a 10% duty cycle at 10kHz - most LEDs will quite happily
- accept 40mA or so at this duty cycle).
-
- The part number is: IS471F (visible light cut-off resin) [IR only]
-
- the catalogue also mentions:
- IS450 (transparent resin)
- which comes in a weird package.
-
- JohnH
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