IR Tracker

Team Members

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Mark Straccia, Matt Turpin, Alice Zhao (aka Team '7.5')

Overview

The IR Tracker is a device that can detect the position of an infrared emitter, and orient itself to be in line with the emitter.

The goal of the project was to:

This is how it works:

We will discuss:

Mechanical Design

The primary components used in this device are:

• Plexiglas structure
• Turntable (part #, vendor, cost, when available)
• Mirror (part #, vendor, cost, when available)

Electrical Design

The primary components used in this circuit are:

• Controller (PIC)

Image 1 shows the connection between the PIC and ...

Code

See full code here

Results

Our resulting project:

Reflections

If we were to redo our project:

• take more time planning - redid several times
• mechanical design - more efficient
• code - simpler