I saw this on instructables and had to try it… Luckily there are plenty of Nerf guns in this house….
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I had a sensor amplifier board on the bench from a motorcycle Dyno project so I figured I could just use it with an IR Led/Detector too.
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It was designed for these VR automotive speed sensors…
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pick one of these…
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add a 3D printed muzzle break….
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and it works great….
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and even the serial logging. Time to make that bluetooth to a custom Android app….
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