Hacking the digital Sharp IR sensor

Check out this link, Ladyada bought a digital IR sensor by accident, and found a way to turn it into a analog one. Clever!

And an interesting aspect is that the D version is often cheaper than the A versions.

http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2008/10/quick-tip-analog-signal-from-a-digital-distance-sensor/

 

wow and please

Wow!

And: please save this hack for future reference in one of the exitsting (or a new) component page.

8ik

And: Please note that
And: Please note that user-posted components can be edited by everybody - wiki-style!

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http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2008/10/14/quick-tip-analog-signal-from-a-digital-distance-sensor/

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