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ARGH! That's what they're called. :D I knew these existed, I just didn't know their names.
Search optical interrupter. These are used often for homing. ...
There will be minimal light leakage. These will be on either side of a disk, as close as I can get them. I plan on putting black heatshrink over the LEDs as close as I can to the rotating disk. ...
if there is any ambient light leakage a ir sensor like SEN-19018 would be better than a photo diode, with the bonus of making led modulation unnecessary too. if the distance between led and...
Using this 940nm LED set on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01HGIQ8NG Can I have the transmitter LED on without any pulsing? (resistor values are temporary, did not do any calculations yet) ...
Re: InfraRed ramblings
ARGH! That's what they're called. :D I knew these existed, I just didn't know their names.
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