l8 ulsLance CallbraLlon

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WhaL l am dolng ls Lo flnd Lhe besL performance of Lhe lnfra-red sensor. lL glves eyes Lo our mouse lf
we glve relaLed codes. 1he more senslLlve Lhe sensor ls, Lhe mosL preclse our mouse moves. 1here
are Lwo ways Lo change Lhe senslLlvlLy. 1hls senslLlvlLy can be ad[usLed by lncreaslng Lhe currenL ln
Lhe l8 LLu, mosLly by reduclng Lhe value of Lhe 1k serles reslsLor or alLernaLlvely by alLerlng Lhe
currenL flowlng Lhrough Lo Lhe base of Lhe n LranslsLor. 1hrough changlng Lhe value of Lhe 18k!
reslsLor, and Lhen measure how far Lhe l8 sensor can 'see'.
1he l8 clrculL LhaL we are uslng ls shown below:

My resulLs are shown ln Lhe Lable below:






1he deLecLed dlsLance lncreases as we lncrease Lhe reslsLance. Powever, lL lsn'L always a good Lhlng
Lo be able Lo deLecL so far away. We belleve 18cm ls Lhe besL dlsLance for our MlcroMouse and so
Lhe 27kU reslsLor ls our besL cholce for Lhls.
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10k 3cm
22k 16cm
24k 16-17cm
27k 18cm
33k 21cm

8eslsLor Lo change