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Old 06-25-2008, 11:38 PM
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Re: Solution detection position autonomous car

Thank you shorod

Can you give me more information about the test..
this kind of sensor doesn't require to an alimentation to work?
If not I can plug the scope directly on the sensor..

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Originally Posted by shorod
Since you attend a technology school, sounds like measuring or calculating the resolution would be a better learning experience than getting the answer from a website. You probably have access to a handheld oscilloscope. Make a breakout box for the ABS system and connect the scope in parallel to one of the wheel speed sensors. Find a straight section of pavement and cound how many square wave pulses you get in some number of revolutions of the wheel, say 10 revolutions. Before starting, make sure all tires are inflated to the same pressure and record this pressure. It will be important to keep the pressure the same to maintain the same distance ratio during competition.

It's going to be hard to retrofit a different type of sensor for less money than free, which is what the already installed ABS system would cost you. You could argue in your white paper or report that you were looking for a system that would cost the least amount for a consumer to retrofit their vehicle with which is why you went the route of utilizing the common ABS system which already exists in many of the cars on the roads today.

-Rod
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