Hello, for my final school project I am making a system that can detect the location of a device via ultrasonic soundwaves. To do this the device has to have some ultrasonic transducers that can emit a pulse in every direction. I had trouble finding such transducers where I live that arent super expensive so my plan is to use the transducers from a HC-SR04 sensor.
The only problem is that these only have a transmitting angle of around 30 degrees. This means I would have to use a lot of these to cover every direction. So my question is this: is there a way to increase the angle of transmission and reception of these transducers? I thought about removing the aluminium hull but I am not sure if this will work. Any advice would be greatly apprieciated!
I've never tried it, but how about firing vertically onto the apex of a 45° metallic pyramid or cone?
It'll reduce the range considerably, but maybe worth a try.
TheMemberFormerlyKnownAsAWOL:
I've never tried it, but how about firing vertically onto the apex of a 45° metallic pyramid or cone?
It'll reduce the range considerably, but maybe worth a try.
You'll probably just find how far away the cone is. Even if the apex is too small to create a large reflection, the base edge is likely to trigger a detection.
