INTRODUCTION
SENSORS
Me Dual DC Motor Driver
With on board RJ25 ports, you can drive two DC motors at a constant current of 1A (2A peak). The motor driver IC on the board is TB6612, which it is a high efficiency MOSFET driver, with low heat dissipation. Over current protection included to stop the driver IC burned out.
The general specifications of this sensor are: 2 motor channels, 6V minimum and 12V maximum operating voltage, 1A continuous output current per channel and 2A peak output current per channel
Me Ultrasonic Sensor
It can be used to measure distance or obstacle avoidance, from 3cm to 4m
Me 3-Axis Accelerometer and Gyro Sensor
It is a motion processing module. It can use to measure the angular rate and the acceleration information of your robot or other devices.
Me 3-Axis Accelerometer and Gyro Sensor is based on MPU-6050, it combines a 3-axis gyroscope, 3-axis accelerometer, and a Digital Motion Processor™ (DMP) capable of processing complex 9-axis Motion Fusion algorithms.
Me Angular SensorAngular
Equipped with high-precision trimmer potentiometer which has good linearity for long-time use, it is designed to achieve the goal of detecting the angle value of a link mechanism or the angle value of a joint.
Me Flame Sensor
It can be used to detect fire source or light source with wavelength in the range of 760 nm to 1100 nm. Its detection angle is up to 60 degrees, and detection accuracy can be adjusted. When the flame is detected, its blue indicator will light on. It can be applied to the safety monitoring projects such as fire-fighting robot and flame alarm. The port of this module has black ID, and RJ25 cable can used to connect to the port with black ID on Makeblock Orion.
The detection distance is 1m when the height of flame is 5cm, and the on-board potentiometer can be adjusted for its sensitivity.
Me Gas Sensor
It includes a smoke sensor of type MQ2 which has good repeatability, long-term stability, short response time, and durable working performance. It is often used as a gas leakage monitoring device in family and factory, and suitable for detecting Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), butane, propane, methane, alcohol, hydrogen, smoke, etc. Its black ID means that it has an analogue port and needs to be connected to the port with black ID on Makeblock Orion.
Blue indicator will light on when a certain amount of flammable gas is accumulated and detected.
Me Light Sensor
It uses to detect the light intensity, for example, to make an intelligent dimming lamp, a laser communication system...
Me Line follower Sensor
It is designed for the line following robotics. It has two sensors on the module and each sensor contains two parts – an IR emitting LED and an IR sensitive phototransistor. It can output digital signal to Arduino so the robot can reliably follow a black line on a white background, or vice versa. Detecting range: 1~2cm approximately.
Me PIR Motion Sensor
Me PIR sensors are used to detect motion from animals/ humans from about 6m away. If anyone moved in that range, the sensor outputs HIGH on its SIG pin. With a potentiometer soldered on its circuit board, you can adjust its detecting range according to your need. Here are some ideas for application: motion detecting, thief-guarding system, automation switch.
Adjustable detecting range and high sensitive, a power indicator LED(Red) and a state indicator(Blue). Detecting angle: 120 degrees. Detecting distance: max 6m.
Me Sound Sensor
It is designed to detect the intensity of sound in the surrounding environment. Based on the power amplifier LM386 and the electret microphone, it can output analogue values ranging from 0 to 1023. Due to a potentiometer, you can adjust the sensitivity according to different situations. You can use it in sound interactive project such as a voice operated switch or build a dancing robot with music.
Me Temperature and Humidity Sensor
It is a sensor that contains a calibrated digital signal output. It adopts specific digital module collecting technology and temperature-humidity sensing technology to ensure high reliability and excellent long-term stability. This module can measure the temperature from 0℃ to 50℃. Its yellow ID means that it has a single-digital port and needs to be connected to the port with yellow ID on Makeblock Orion. Users can use it to build a cost-effective temperature and humidity monitoring system.
Me Temperature Sensor-Waterproof
❖ This is the temperature sensor based on chip DS18B20 consisting of a waterproof probe and long wire shape, which is perfect for immersive temperature detection or detecting something far away. The DS18B20 provides 9 to 12-bit (configurable) temperature readings over a 1-Wire interface, so that only one wire (and ground) needs to be connected from a central microprocessor. Keep it under 100ºC.
Me Touch Sensor
It is a capacitive touch sensor that it will be triggered by finger touch.
Me Slide Potentiometer
It is one type of potentiometer that can be used to control volume, light intensity, motor speed, movement control, etc.
Me LED Matrix 8 × 16
This Me LED Matrix 8 x 16 has 128 blue LEDS packed into 16 x 8 dot matrix. This feature enables you to show your animations or characters clearly and brightly.
Me 7-Segment Serial Display - Red
It is a classic 4-digit common anode 7-segment display, it usually used to display numbers and a few special characters. You can easily use it in your robot project to show speed, time, the value of sensors…4-digit red alpha-numeric display and one decimal point per digit and selectable brightness.
Me RGB LED
With integrated chip, you can control each LED individually to adjust its brightness and create any colour by mixing different amounts of red, green, blue.
