Range Scanner like Park Assist

Visualizes the reading of a range finder, mounted on a servo. Scans a Semi Circle with an adjustable resolution.

Uses a Sharp Range Finder with 80cm range. A different range / finder will require a calibration - the calibration inside the code is not perfect yet. The arduino outputs csv data to the serial port, which a groovy program picks up. The groovy code is adapted to run on OSX. RXTX the serial library is available for OSX, Windows and Linux, so porting should be a snap.

By Stefan79
Created on December 19, 2010, 15:29

Category: Afternoon gimmickry

Difficulty: amateurs

License:  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License

Tags: ir, range finder, servo, groovy

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