Create a fake Sensor

Use a fake sensor to test implementing a sensor component on your robot without any physical hardware.

Configure a fake sensor as follows:

Navigate to the Config tab of your robot’s page in the Viam app. Click on the Components subtab and click Create component. Select the sensor type, then select the fake model. Enter a name for your sensor and click Create.

An example configuration for a fake sensor in the Viam app Config Builder. Attributes are left blank.

{
  "name": "<your-sensor-name>",
  "type": "sensor",
  "model": "fake",
  "attributes": {}
}

No attributes are available for fake sensors.

Test the sensor

After you configure your sensor, navigate to the Control tab and select the Sensors dropdown panel. If you have multiple sensors configured, your sensor will be listed here among others. To access detailed readings from your sensor, select the Get Readings button.

The sensor component in the control tab


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