MB1040
MB1040 is High Performance Sonar Range Finder manufactured by MaxBotix.
- Part of the MB1000 comparator family.
- Part of the MB1000 comparator family.
Features
- Continuously variable gain for control and side lobe suppression
- Object detection to zero range objects
- 2.5V to 5.5V supply with 2m A typical current draw
- Readings can occur up to every
50m S, (20-Hz rate)
- Free run operation can continually measure and output range information
- Triggered operation provides the range reading as desired
- Interfaces are active simultaneously
- Serial, 0 to Vcc, 9600 Baud, 81N
- Analog, (Vcc/512) / inch
- Pulse width, (147u S/inch)
- Learns ringdown pattern when manded to start ranging
- Designed for protected indoor environments
- Sensor operates at 42KHz
- High output square wave sensor drive
(double Vcc)
Benefits
- Very low cost ultrasonic rangefinder
- Reliable and stable range data
- Quality beam characteristics
- Mounting holes provided on the circuit board
- Very low power ranger, excellent for multiple sensor or battery-based systems
- Fast measurement cycles
- Sensor reports the range reading directly and frees up user processor
- Choose one of three sensor outputs
- Triggered externally or internally
Applications and Uses
- UAV blimps, micro planes and some helicopters
- Bin level measurement
- Proximity zone detection
- People detection
- Robot ranging sensor
- Autonomous navigation
- Multi-sensor arrays
- Distance measuring
- Long range object detection
- Wide beam sensitivity
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