One reader asked how to use my arduino infrared library to detect breakage of an ir beam.
Ir beam break detector circuit.
Teensy 2 0 has the led on pin 11 pin 6.
It is based on the working of the popular ir sensor module tsop1738 which senses 38 khz infrared pulses from the ir led of the transmitter.
Ir breakbeam sensor demo.
The answer was too long for the comments section so i ve extended into a blog post.
This is an ir beam breaking alarm ideal to use in entry or passages.
Here is how the transmitter works.
They work by having an emitter side that sends out a beam of human invisible ir light then a receiver across the way which is sensitive to that same light.
Infrared beam break detector p.
Teensy 3 0 has the led on pin 13 define sensorpin 4 variables will change.
As you see i have use one 556 timer which contains 2x555 timers.
Infrared ir break beam sensors are a simple way to detect motion.
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Range of the circuit is about 5 meters if the transmitter and receiver are properly aligned.
Schematic of ir beam breaker circuit.
One straightforward way is to use the library to modulate an ir led at 38khz and use a standard ir detector module to detect the signal.
Ir beam breaker circuit d mohankumar 08 28 2010.
Arduino has an led connected on pin 13 pin 11.
Because people keep asking me for a long range ir beam break detector i made this circuit which has a range of nearly 10 meters 33 feet with only a single high power led using no lenses.
Invisible infrared alarm circuit d mohankumar 12 01 2010.
Teensy 2 0 has the led on pin 6 pin 13.
Int sensorstate 0 laststate 0.
Variable for reading the pushbutton status void setup initialize the led.
Application an infrared detector that sounds a buzzer when an ir beam is broken meaning the ir signal.
