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The infrared tracker doesn stop when it views the beacon, but instead oscillates back and fourth in the general direction of the beacon. Why can it make up it mind?

April 26, 2017Beacon direction fourth infrared oscillates

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The infrared tracker doesn stop when it views the beacon, but instead oscillates back and fourth in the general direction of the beacon. Why can it make up it mind?

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Make sure that then the sensors are pointed at the beacon, that they both can “see” the beacon. If there is no overlap (a few degrees) in the sensors view of the beacon, the software cannot track the beacon and you’ll observe this erratic behavior in the servo motors motion.