EV3

Blocks

Please note:

The IR Seeker board can be used with the EV3 Labview software using our custom blocks.

Download EV3 Blocks

Once downloaded the blocks can be used like other ev3-g blocks. A very simple program to write the sensor value to the screen can be seen below:

There is no need to change the value 8 in the block.

The IR Seeker feature switches should be set to:

EV3 Python

Using EV3 Python:

from pybricks.iodevices import I2CDevice

ir_sensor = I2CDevice(Port.S4, 0x08)

#read two bytes, one contains direction, one contains strength
ball_sensor_data = ir_sensor.read(2,2)

ball_position = ball_sensor_data[0]
ball_sig_strength = ball_sensor_data[1]

The IR Seeker feature switches should be set to: