Interesting concept... how do you plan on integrating it with the EZ-B and ARC/SDK? or will it have its own micro-controller and just feed numerical data to the EZ-B?

Where I work we use them on the front of agv's. They are self contained unit and send bits to the plc on how you program it.

If I could get one for a couple hundred bucks I would love to use it instead of a ping sensor.

Hi everybody,

Parallax makes a laser range finder for about $129 bucks.

check it out.

http://www.parallax.com/StoreSearchResults/tabid/768/txtSearch/laser/List/0/SortField/4/ProductID/774/Default.aspx

Mainly the preparation of image processing procedures need to spend a long time, and I have yet to perfect this device, it still will be the external light, or reflective interference.

English is not very good, please forgive me.

@ Putt Putt Oh yea I forgot that one. The ones I am looking at can see 180 deg. So they watch the whole front and zone programmable, so you set up how it sees. But I'll check out that parallax one too. :)

@ RuralGeek , I think they show a or have code to use it on a BOE Bot with a servo to pan it.

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