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Robot Sensors: 1 Phototransistor Selection

Post author:Peter Harrison
Post published:15 July 2022
Post category:Technotes UKMARSBOT

If you are new to the robot game (and even if you are not) it can be a challenge to select suitable sensors for your creation. This series will look at some possile devices. It is not necessarily a recommendation because I have not tried them all in all circumstances.…

I2C Sensor Controller (ISC) for UKMARSBOT

Post author:Stephen Pithouse
Post published:5 April 2021
Post category:Member's Robots Technotes

The purpose of the ISC project is to offload sensor control to an embedded controller which communicates over an I2C interface to the UKMARSBOT MCU. The ISC comprises a programmed ATtiny814 acting as an I2C Slave on a PCB which plugs in between the UKMARSBOT sensor board connection and cable…