Datasheet

Navigating with Infrared Headlights • Chapter 7
Robotics with the BOE Shield-Bot • 219
 Check the figure below to make sure you have selected infrared LEDs and not
phototransistors. The infrared LED has a taller and more rounded plastic dome,
and is shown on the right side of this drawing.
Assemble the IR Headlights
 Insert the infrared LED into the LED standoff base (the larger of the two pieces)
as shown below. The standoff is shaped to fit the flat side of the LED.
 Make sure the IR LED snaps into the LED standoff.
 Slip the short tube over the IR LED’s clear plastic case. The ring on one end of the
tube should fit right into the LED standoff with a little twist.
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IR LED will snap in.
Flatter on top
Infrared LED
USE THIS
ONE!
Phototransistor
More rounded dome
Infrared LED
Infrared LED Shield Assembly
Infrared Receiver
5V
GND
Signal
5V
GND
Signal