I bought a cheap PIR motion sensor from Ebay and I'm not sure how I should be wiring this thing up. I'm assuming 5v to +, Ground to -, and a digital input pin to "Out". Anyone have any idea if I should use a pullup/pulldown resistor? There is very little info to go along with the sensor, so I'm in the dark.
Hi,
The sensor will make a vieuw of the room in the first seconds it's powered up.
When there is a detection, it will set it's output pin to LOW.
So a pull up resistor is required.
A simple code like this would give you an alarm over serial
int pirPin = 2; //digital 2
void setup(){
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(pirPin, INPUT);
}
void loop(){
int pirVal = digitalRead(pirPin);
if(pirVal == LOW){ //was motion detected
Serial.println("Motion Detected");
delay(2000);
}
The code is from a bildr.org tutorial on a simular sensor
http://bildr.org/2011/06/pir_arduino/
Perfect that was exactly it.
You're welcome