- Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:12 am
#157161
Hi,
I was wondering if someone has attempted to mechanically narrow the beam of a Maxsonar ultrasonic rangefinder https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9491?
I checked with Maxbotix and they told me this will require a paid NRE fee for the engineering time to narrow the beam, or consider buying one of the outdoor editions which costs 5-6 times more. But I was wondering if the cone is actually narrowing the beam or is it only in the design of the transceiver electronics.
I know that the EZ4 has the narrowest beams but also shorter detection range of human figures (at least that's what it says on the pattern graphs).
I was wondering if someone has attempted to mechanically narrow the beam of a Maxsonar ultrasonic rangefinder https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9491?
I checked with Maxbotix and they told me this will require a paid NRE fee for the engineering time to narrow the beam, or consider buying one of the outdoor editions which costs 5-6 times more. But I was wondering if the cone is actually narrowing the beam or is it only in the design of the transceiver electronics.
I know that the EZ4 has the narrowest beams but also shorter detection range of human figures (at least that's what it says on the pattern graphs).