Tag Archives: Light Sensors

Zumo 32U4 Sensor Read Times

Last post had the Zumo rotate and face a target.  I’ve been working on driving towards the target in an attempt to push it off of a table like done in Sumo competitions with great success with the rare occasion … Continue reading

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Zumo 32U4 – Squaring to an Edge or Line

This post talks about a common step for any robotics competition, namely, squaring the robot to a line or an edge.  This builds off of previous post where you worked on having the robot drive to an edge.  The program … Continue reading

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Display of the Zumo IR and Light Sensors on the Serial Monitor

In this post, we are going to measure both the downward facing light sensors and the proximity sensors, and display their data.  The previous several posts discussed the reading of the light and proximity sensors, so we will not spend … Continue reading

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Zumo 32U4 Drive to Edge

This post discusses a common issue with any sumo event or competition that involves navigating to a line.  Our goal with this post is simply to drive the robot placed on a light colored surface until it reaches a dark … Continue reading

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Zumo 32U4 Downward Light Sensors, Part 2 – Calibration

This post will discuss how to calibrate the downward facing light sensors, and to read the calibrated values.  I went a little over the top on the calibration function, but it makes it that much nicer.  You can certainly do … Continue reading

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Reading the Zumo 32U4 Downward Facing Light Sensors, Part 1

The Zumo 32U4 has 5 downward facing light sensors on the front light sensor array.  The light sensor array board also has 3 IR sensors used for proximity sensors or IR receivers for remote control.  However, two of the light … Continue reading

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