Hi everyone,
I am designing a project that can be used to detect the flight path of an object through a gate. The gate is about 30cm X 30cm and the object is about the size of a small pebble or marble.
This is the approach I was thinking of:
The gate will have optical sensors (IR?), a row of transmittors and receivers along the perimeter and will make up a grid of beams. When the object passes through and breaks the beams, I will be able to tell the coordinates of the grid the object passes through.
I tried using the TIL38 and 81 IR transmitter receiver pair but they are effective up to maybe 5-10cm at most. Does anyone have a better approach or any hardware to recommend?
Thanks!
I am designing a project that can be used to detect the flight path of an object through a gate. The gate is about 30cm X 30cm and the object is about the size of a small pebble or marble.
This is the approach I was thinking of:
The gate will have optical sensors (IR?), a row of transmittors and receivers along the perimeter and will make up a grid of beams. When the object passes through and breaks the beams, I will be able to tell the coordinates of the grid the object passes through.
I tried using the TIL38 and 81 IR transmitter receiver pair but they are effective up to maybe 5-10cm at most. Does anyone have a better approach or any hardware to recommend?
Thanks!