Intake Sensor
The Intake Sensor is what makes sure the balls get put into the storage compartment when going through the intake mechanism.
Overall Goal of the Robot: The goal of the robot is
To complete a series of tasks including getting balls into various goals. The robot needs to be able to pickup the balls, move them and hold them in the shooting chamber and then shoot them into the goals.
Team Goals: To make an optical sensor mount,
This is so the robot can sense the balls when they pass the intake and move them into storage position.
Specific challenge/improvement: the challenge is
To make a better sensor mount for our robot,
So that the sensor does not fall, or move
The Intake Sensor is what makes sure the balls get put into the storage compartment when going through the intake mechanism.
This is the intake sensor, the sensor is placed on a beam above the intake mechanism.
The sensor is roughly 1 cubic inch in size.
Part number:42ef-d2mpak-f4
Some of the constraints were the long wire at the back and the shape of the sensor.
The sensor requires 10.8 -30 volts dc of power, we will connect power and ground to the vrm 12v 500mA port.
The roboRio is shown above
Two 10 KΩ need to be inserted according to thediagram above to connect the signal wire to the roboRIO
There is a code that exists to receive the digital input from the sensor
The signal wire goes into port 9
This is the current mount for the sensor. it is held on with 2 screws and is shaped like an uppercase F.
the mount functions as a carrier for the sensor so that it doesn't fall
