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SENSORS

Analog Sensor

Robocon IIT Kanpur

The IR analog sensor consists of:

• Transmitter- An Infra Red emitting diode

• Receiver-A Phototransistor (also referred as photodiode)

 It is better to keep R2 as a variac to vary the sensitivity.

 The output varies from 0V to 5V depending upon the amount of IR it receives,
hence the name analog.
 The output can be taken to a microcontroller either to its ADC (Analog to Digital
Converter) or LM 339 can be used as a comparator.

Ankur Agrawal IIT Kanpur

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Digital IR Sensor - TSOP Sensor:

Robocon IIT Kanpur

• TSOP 1738 Sensor is a digital IR Sensor; It is logic 1 (+5V) when IR below a

threshold is falling on it and logic 0 (0V) when it receives IR above threshold.

• It does not respond to any stray IR, it only responds to IR falling on it at a pulse
rate of 38KHz. Hence we have a major advantage of high immunity against
ambient light.

• No comparator is required and the range of the sensor can be varied by varying
the intensity of the IR emitting diode (the variac in figure).

Ankur Agrawal IIT Kanpur