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Chapter 5 / Serpentronic: Build Your Own Robotic Snake
FIGURE 5.49
Infrared sensor
connector wire.

female header to the other two wires. Use a heat source to shrink
the tubing over the solder connections. The finished connector
wire should resemble the one shown in Figure 5.49.

Mount the infrared sensor board to the front of the snake’s head
on two 1/4-inch diameter nylon standoffs cut to a length of 1/4-
inch. Use two 6/32-inch 1/2-inch machine screws and locking
nuts to secure the board in place, as shown in Figure 5.50. Figure
5.51 is a wiring diagram showing how the connection wire should
be attached.

FIGURE 5.50
Infrared sensor board
attached to the front of
the snake’s head.

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