Is there a difference in polarity for sonar sensors?

[Megasundato]

Hello, for my robot project, I'm using a system of of sonar range finding sensors which are generally used for this type of thing. My question is of there polarity. I'm assuming that it does not matter, for there are no clear indicators of positive or negative values on any of the poles.
here are the schematics I'm following.

http://www.reconnsworld.com/ultrasonic_xmtr.jpg

http://www.reconnsworld.com/ultrasonic_rcvr.jpg

I don't know if this helps explain what I mean. I just need to know if there is any difference on any of the points.

Thanks

 

[fleem]

Those schematics are not for sonar, they are for an ultrasonic motion sensor. (Admittedly they might be advertised with the word "sonar" but its just to increase sales). All those schematics can do is sense motion, they can't tell you how far away anything is. Typically the output of the receiver stage is watched for changes (simplest way is to send it through a phase or amplitude detector), because any change indicates there was motion. Polarity shouldn't be an issue unless there is some really fancy signal processing after that receiver front-end, which is unlikely for those circuits (that is, if you wanted to do something fancier than simple motion detection you wouldn't use that sort of transmitter and receiver).

 

[Megasundato]

Yeah, I thought sonar is a bit too big of a word for them lol. thanks for the help. that answers my question.

 

[sennyk]

You should be able to use those two devices together. You modulate a signal; when the signal hits something it should echo back. Then you should be able to match the return signal. The time it takes to get your response should tell you how far away an object lies.

 

[Bobbywhy]

Hello, for my robot project, I'm using a system of of sonar range finding sensors which are generally used for this type of thing. My question is of there polarity. I'm assuming that it does not matter, for there are no clear indicators of positive or negative values on any of the poles.
here are the schematics I'm following.

http://www.reconnsworld.com/ultrasonic_xmtr.jpg

http://www.reconnsworld.com/ultrasonic_rcvr.jpg

I don't know if this helps explain what I mean. I just need to know if there is any difference on any of the points.

Thanks

The links show a 40 kHZ transmitter and a 40 kHZ receiver for a sonar rangefinder system. The timer and control circuits are not shown. The transmitter emits a short pulse and when the echo is received it trips the comparator in the receiver. The control circuits measure the round-trip time between transmit time and receive time and then calculate the range. This is exactly how a sonar rangefinder works.

Can you please be specific: What poles are you referring to? What points are you asking about differences?