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Romba Virtual Wall and Any Other Mods I figure Out

Roomba DIY Virtual Wall
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Roomba

Romba Virtual Wall and Any Other Mods I figure Out.

Buy a kit here: http://store.mkme.org/?product=diy-roomba-virtual-wall-kit

Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEn5C83Qoro&lc=Ugwwg79JqSoSPCniKmR4AaABAg

Handy DIY Roomba Virtual Wall with Arduino Nano

• IR LED with its positive (longer) leg connected via a current-limiting resistor (220 Ohm or similar) to the +5v, and its negative leg to pin 3 (hardcoded via library)
• Blocks openings of up to 10 feet, keeping Roomba in the rooms you want cleaned and out of the ones you don’t.
• Compatible with Roomba 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, e, i and s Series Robots.

Wiring to Arduino Nano

Pin On LED	Pin on NANO
LED -	D3 via resistor
LED +	5V

Parts needed

Buy a DIY kit with all parts & Enclosure: http://store.mkme.org/?product=diy-roomba-virtual-wall-kit

Arduino NANO https://amzn.to/2EaMzZI

IR LED https://amzn.to/2QOqUgE

Resistor https://amzn.to/2EhIbsf

Roomba Dev info: https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/datasheets/create_2_Open_Interface_Spec.pdf

Add Distance Sensor: https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/ssbaker/making-roomba-smarter-800-series-40c5e2?ref=platform&ref_id=424_recent___&offset=11

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