Can I connect IR sensor to any digital pin?

Other Hardware Sensors
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Hello!! I have a dilemma here. I have an Arduino Uno Board and I have most on my pines already occupied. I've noticed that IR sensor connected to other digital pin than 2 or 3 does't work correctly. Is this normal? Or I should be able to conect the sensor to any digital pin? Can I use an analog pin for the IR sensor?

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Which IR sensor ? a link or the data sheet would help.
If you have seen Pin 2 and 3, that might be because the code uses external interrupts but we don’t know t(e code either….

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This means that your IR library uses an interrupt that is available on an Uno only on these pins.

Try a different library that allows to use any digital pin. But an IR library uses a timer for both sending and receiving what may cause problems with your other libraries as well.

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can you tell me which library I should install in order to use other digital pins as well?

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I couldn't find the name of the sensor. I have this link if helps:http://aiversity.com/product/ir-sensor/

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Which library did you install?
Eventually use the old IRremote library from the Library Manager in case the new version doesn't work for you.

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allright, I'll try to do this. Thank you!!

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You are limited by hardware rather than software. Uno has only 2 pins (2 and 3) that use external interrupt which is needed for efficient processing of IR signal. Try freeing any of these pins, I doubt you can find library that would allow you to use any pin

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i have a problem....I discovered that pin 3 doesn't work properly

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the IR sensor is connected to it....and it behaves like it would detect motion all the time. But when I move it to 2 pin, it works normally. Do you think you could tell me what's happening?

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What you have is a proximity sensor.

  • The effective distance range of 2cm to 80cm
  • A preset knob to fine-tune distance range
  • If there is an obstacle, the indicator lights on the circuit board.

If the indicator LED on the sensor board is on all the time, try adjusting the sensitivity control.

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The pin could be damaged or something else is using it

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