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Jon Hoffman
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Jon Hoffman has over 25 years of experience in the field of information technology. Over these years, Jon has worked in the areas of system administration, network administration, network security, application development, and architecture. Currently, Jon works as a senior software engineer for Syn-Tech Systems. Jon has developed extensively for the iOS platform since 2008. This includes several apps that he has published in the App Store, apps that he has written for third parties, and numerous enterprise applications. He has also developed mobile applications for the Android and Windows platforms. What really drives Jon the challenges that the field of information technology provides and there is nothing more exhilarating to him than overcoming a challenge. Some of Jon's other interests are spending time with his family, robotic projects, and 3D printing. Jon also really enjoys Tae Kwon Do, where he and his oldest daughter Kailey earned their black belts together early in 2014, Kim (his wife) earned her black belt in December 2014, and his youngest daughter Kara is currently working towards her black belt.
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Challenge

This challenge is going to be a little different than most. There isn't really a project to do; instead, it is a thinking challenge. The challenge is to think about how all three of these sensors work can work together to create an autonomous robot. To do this, think about how all three of the sensors work:

  1. Crash sensor: A digital sensor that is tripped when the sensor bumps into something
  2. Infrared sensor: A digital sensor that is tripped when something gets close
  3. Ultrasonic range finder: Analog sensor used to detect how far an object is from the sensor

Here are the answers:

The Ultrasonic range finders are the most expensive by far, so I usually use only two of these sensors facing out form the front of the robot. These are used to by the robot to navigate around obstacles. With the ability to tell how far something is from the front of the robot, we can give...

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Published in: Sep 2018Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781788830584

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Jon Hoffman

Jon Hoffman has over 25 years of experience in the field of information technology. Over these years, Jon has worked in the areas of system administration, network administration, network security, application development, and architecture. Currently, Jon works as a senior software engineer for Syn-Tech Systems. Jon has developed extensively for the iOS platform since 2008. This includes several apps that he has published in the App Store, apps that he has written for third parties, and numerous enterprise applications. He has also developed mobile applications for the Android and Windows platforms. What really drives Jon the challenges that the field of information technology provides and there is nothing more exhilarating to him than overcoming a challenge. Some of Jon's other interests are spending time with his family, robotic projects, and 3D printing. Jon also really enjoys Tae Kwon Do, where he and his oldest daughter Kailey earned their black belts together early in 2014, Kim (his wife) earned her black belt in December 2014, and his youngest daughter Kara is currently working towards her black belt.
Read more about Jon Hoffman