IR sensor tutorial

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Hi everyone,

i'm a beginner with Arduino, I would like to understand how to control a IR sensor.

can you suggest a simple tutorial about IR sensors?

thanks in advance : )

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Welcome,

Do you have a sensor allready, if so what type?
what is the goal of your project? (remote control ?)

Have you checked the playground articles allready? - Arduino Playground - HomePage - on the top is a search field type in IR and you will find several articles.

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I just picked one up from RadioShak for $10: http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Downloads/docs/prod/sens/555-28027-PIRSensor-v2.0.pdf

These are my efforts to get it to print a 1 when it detects movement: PIR Sensor - How do I connect it to the board - #10 by system - Sensors - Arduino Forum

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thanks for the suggestions,

i would like to use IR sensors to detect obstacles for a simple robot