Adding sensors

You must use runtime feedback to develop event-based behavior in your mechatronics system. To access runtime data, you can either:

• Use a command to access its respective parameters and modify them directly in the dialog box, such as:
  • The Position Control command if you want to access its speed and position parameters to rotate a part until it reaches a specific angle.
  • The Transport Surface command if you want to access its parallel speed and perpendicular speed parameters to move a part a specific distance.
• Use sensor commands to provide feedback and change parameters during a simulation.

Choosing a sensor

Depending on your requirements, you can use the status of the following sensors to trigger condition statements or advanced Mechatronics Concept Designer commands:

If you want to...	Use this command
Monitor and trigger events based on a rigid body's angular or linear acceleration	Accelerometer
Provide feedback about the interaction of bodies during a simulation	Collision Sensor
Monitor and control events based on distance feedback to the nearest collision body	Distance Sensor
Represent an angular or linear position of a joint or actuator as an output	Position Sensor
Attach a sensor to an existing joint or actuator to output angular or linear velocity	Velocity Sensor

(See the individual sensor topic pages in this section — Generic Sensor, Inclinometer, Light Curtain, Limit Switch, Relay, and 2D Laser Scanner — for further sensor types not fully enumerated in this overview excerpt.)

Learn more

Related sensor topics in this section:

• Accelerometer
• Collision Sensor
• Distance Sensor
• Generic Sensor
• Inclinometer
• Light Curtain
• Limit Switch
• Position Sensor
• Relay
• Velocity Sensor
• 2D Laser Scanner

Quick links

• Introduction to Mechatronics Concept Designer
• Mechatronics Concept Designer Preferences
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