Current Part:
PIC 18F452 Microcontroller
GP2D120 - IR Sensor
Wire 30 AWG (aka Wirewrap)
Wirewrap Tool
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Parts List Details
You may or may not be familiar with the parts above so a picture of each item has been included to clear up any possible questions.
P-40 Olimex Development Board
This development board can be purchased for under $20 and is handy for quick and easy experiments similar to the ones we'll be doing with the IR range sensor.
PIC 18F452 Microcontroller
This will be the processor/controller for the project. The 'Brain' if you will. It takes input and controls the output shown on the led.
GP2D120 - IR Sensor
This is the IR sensor used in this project. It can be purchased for around $10 and don't go bad...ever.
WireWrap & Wirewrap tool
We'll use these to connect the sensor to the olimex p40 development board.