Optical sensor

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Shaggy1505
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Optical sensor

Post by Shaggy1505 » Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:15 pm

Hi, I am looking at designing a piece of equipment that will reduce the vibration in a small scale RC Helicopter. For this I am looking to measure the phase of the helicopter and the dc motor I will be using as the shaker. To then ensure the motor is 180 degrees out of phase with the helicopter. The question I have is how will I design a circuit to utilise an optical sensor to collect phase information of the helicopter and then the dc motor? Thank you in advance for your input

David
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Re: Optical sensor

Post by David » Sun Dec 31, 2017 12:07 pm

Hello
An interesting question for the end of the year. You don't give much idea of what space there is on the helicopter, but if you can fit everything in I expect the easiest thing to do would be to use a couple of reflective opto-sensors. Have one looking at the shaft of the blades, and the other at the motor. Tie it all together with software in a raspberry pi or similar. Search Google for optical sensors.

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