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Infrared Sensors: Applications & Selection Guide

This document discusses infrared sensors, including their major applications in motion detection, distance measurement, and presence detection. It explains how infrared sensors work, with a transmitter sending infrared waves and a receiver detecting reflected waves. The document provides guidance on choosing a sensor based on the application, specifications to consider like range and power, and limitations like not sensing through solid objects. It also gives examples of infrared sensors and their costs, noting the GP2D15 sensor is a good choice for around $11.50.

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Infrared Sensors: Applications & Selection Guide

This document discusses infrared sensors, including their major applications in motion detection, distance measurement, and presence detection. It explains how infrared sensors work, with a transmitter sending infrared waves and a receiver detecting reflected waves. The document provides guidance on choosing a sensor based on the application, specifications to consider like range and power, and limitations like not sensing through solid objects. It also gives examples of infrared sensors and their costs, noting the GP2D15 sensor is a good choice for around $11.50.

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INFRARED

SENSORS
By Eric Tanner
ECE 5320 Mechatronics
Assignment #1

OUTLINE
REFERENCES
FUTURE EXPLORATION
MAJOR APPLICATIONS
HOW INFRARED WORKS
HOW TO PICK A SENSOR (SPECIFICATIONS)
LIMITATIONS
PURCHASING

REFERENCES
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EXPLORATION HINTS
GOOD SEARCH STRINGS FOR INTERNET

infrared sensors
how infrared sensors work
sensors
acroname
polaroid
why your mom?

MAJOR APLICATIONS
Motion detection

Distance

Presence of object

HOW IR WORKS
Background Basics

HOW IR WORKS
Two parts to the sensor:

HOW IR WORKS
Transmitter:

sends out a wave at a certain frequency

Most of the time this is a LED type of


component since light is part of the heat
wave of infrared

HOW IR WORKS
Reciever :
The reciever is designed to pick up a
reflected wave, or to sense a change in the
area.

Like this motion dector

CHOOSING A SENSOR
THINGS TO CONSIDER

What you are doing?


What do you need to sense?
How much money do you have?

For a senoir project we needed some sensors to keep


a voice driven wheelchair safe when moving
backward.

After looking at the situation the best choice for the job were
infrared sensors.
Looking at the sensors available the Acroname GP2D15 was
an excellent choice.

You can see that this sensor


has both a transmitter and a
reciever. It looks for objects
and not for motion.

SPECIFICATIONS:
The important specs to look at are, range, power,
and interfacing.
GP2D15
10 inches
5 volts
digital (1 for I see, 0 for I see nothing

LIMITATIONS

How ever they are best for use in the air. They will not sense
through solid objects like a wall or the ocean.
When used for motion detection they wont sense objects that
dont emit infrared waves or produce heat.
When used for object detection typically they have a myopic view
or tunnel vision.

PURCHASING
IR sensors are probably on the cheaper side of sensors, but
like most things if you want to spend money you can eat up
a bunch of it with IR sensors.
Most range from $2 to $100

GP2D15

$11.50

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