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How To Use Infrared Sensor

The infrared distance sensor connects to an Arduino with the black wire to ground, red to 5V, and white to an analog input. Serial print is used to read voltage values from the sensor in the serial monitor, with higher voltages indicating closer objects. Inside the sensor, an infrared LED and sensor measure the time for light to bounce back and change the output voltage. Stranded wires on the sensor increase flexibility compared to litz wire used for high frequency signals, and can be soldered to header pins for easier breadboard use.

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How To Use Infrared Sensor

The infrared distance sensor connects to an Arduino with the black wire to ground, red to 5V, and white to an analog input. Serial print is used to read voltage values from the sensor in the serial monitor, with higher voltages indicating closer objects. Inside the sensor, an infrared LED and sensor measure the time for light to bounce back and change the output voltage. Stranded wires on the sensor increase flexibility compared to litz wire used for high frequency signals, and can be soldered to header pins for easier breadboard use.

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ENGRI 1820

ELCA
Fall 2015

How to use Infrared Sensor


The infrared distance sensor provided is from adafruit
(https://www.adafruit.com/products/164). To use this, plug the black wire to ground, the red
cable to 5V, and the white cable to an analog input of the Arduino. Use Serial.println() in your
code and serial monitor to find out what values the
Arduino is getting from the sensor. The voltage goes
higher when an object is closer, as you can see by the
graph below, taken from the datasheet. One of the
black dots on the sensor is an infrared LED, the other
is a sensor. Theres some electronics inside to change
the output voltage based on the time it takes for the
infrared light to bounce back.

Youll notice the wires connected to the infrared


sensor are made of a bunch of noninsulated smaller
wires (see picture to the above right). This type of
wire is called stranded wire and is used to increase
the flexibility of a connection. This is different than
litz wire, which is a braid of smaller, insulated wires
and used to carry high frequency signals.
It might be easier to solder these stranded wires to header pins to make it easier to interface
with the breadboard.
Fun side note: your phone camera can detect some infrared
light! With the sensor powered up, use your camera to see
which part of the sensor is the infrared LED.

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