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Lesson – 5-Channel IR Tracker Sensor

Post Time: 2020-09-01 18:09:08 Category: Basic Tutorial about Arduino

NOTE: ALL OSOYOO PRODUCTS FOR ARDUINO ARE THIRD PARTY BOARD WHICH IS FULLY COMPATITA
WITH ARDUINO

Introduction
This OSOYOO 5-Channel IR Tracker Sensor module is specialized for OSOYOO smart robots that run through a black and w
line road track through its 5-channels reflective optical sensors mounted inline (ITR9909 ), or in simple words a module for lin
following robot. It uses with 5V power source a hex inverter that can provide a clean digital output when there is a black line
detected.

In this lesson, we will show how to use this module with the OSOYOO Basic board, and output the detect result on the serial

Preparations

HARDWARE
Osoyoo Basic Board (Fully compatible with Arduino UNO rev.3) x 1
OSOYOO 5-Channel IR Tracker Sensor x 1
Jumpers
USB Cable x 1
PC x 1

SOFTWARE
IDE (version 1.6.4+)

You can get more info about the OSOYOO 5-Channel IR Tracker Sensor from here.

Note: The sensitivity of the infrared sensor is adjustable – you may adjust it by the potentiometer.

CONNECTION
Connect the OSOYOO Basic board. Wiring:

OSOYOO 5-Channel IR Tracker Sensor —— OSOYOO Basic board

VCC ———————– 5V/3.3V

GND ———————– GND
IR1 ———————– A0
IR2 ———————– A1
IR3 ———————– A2
IR4 ———————– A3
IR5 ———————– A4

Build the circuit as below digram:

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Code Program

After above operations are completed, connect the board to your computer using the USB cable. The green power LED (labe
PWR) should go on.Open the IDE and choose corresponding board type and port type for you project. Then load up this sk
onto your board.

Based on the source code, the pins of IR1, IR2, IR3, IR4, and IR5 are defined and each of them responds with IRvalue respe
The serial monitor is set as 9600 baud and the results will be printed on the serial monitor.

RUNNING RESULT
A few seconds after the upload finishes, set it down on a piece of paper with a dark line (at least ½” wide). You may use a Sh
Marker, electrical tape, or dark paint. When the module gets on a black line, it output low and the corresponding LED lights u
it meets a white area, it outputs high and the LED stays off.

On the serial monitor, when the IR sensor does not detect anything, the number will be shown as 1 and when it does detect,
number is 0.

The serial monitor will show “DigitalReading=00000” and those positions for 0 indicates which pin it is detected. For example
IR sensor 2 is detected, the serial monitor will show “DigitalReading=10111”.

Note: The black line should be wider than the IR track sensor.
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