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An infrared sensor is an electronic instrument that is used to sense certain characteristics of its surroundings by either emitting and/or detecting infrared radiation. It is also capable of measuring heat of an object and detecting motion.

An infrared sensor is an electronic instrument that is used to sense certain characteristics of its surroundings by either emitting and/or detecting infrared radiation. It is also capable of measuring heat of an object and detecting motion.

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IR Transistor vs IR diode receiver

I am designing a line following sensor and for this project i am confused between using an infrared diode receiver or an infra red transistor. I don't know the difference between them(as for a long time i thought they where the same). Please I need…
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trying to use a radio shack 276-640 IR receiver module

We have a mouse (or something) getting into cabinets. My wife doesn't want to kill it, and the no-kill mousetrap isn't catching it. So, I am modifying a trap with an IR emitter / detector so I know when the little fella is there. I naively bought…
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IR reciever's transmission distance

I am trying to understand what it means by an IR receiver that has transmission range up to, say, for TSOP1738, 35m. For example, if the receiver's working at 38 kHz, how much sensitive would it be to IR LED transmitters that are way further away…
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Unstable IR receiver performance

I am working on reception of IR signal from Air conditioner's remote. To achieve this I have selected IR receiver and sensor respectively - TSOP34438 and TSMP58000. The circuit diagram is shown below and the output of both sensors are fed to ESP-12E…
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Problem with the IR receiver

I have two V38238 IR receiver's but one acts as active low and other as active high. What could be the reason? Is there a difference in the part number?( both had 69 DRZD V38238 specified on it ) I am using the following IR receiver circuit. I…
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