Old infrared remote controls can be a great way to interface with your projects. One of [AnalysIR’s] latest blog posts goes over the simplest way to create an Arduino based IR receiver, making it ...

I recently had to build an infrared close proximity sensor that could tell if something was dropped in a parcel delivery drop box. After some searching, I ended up using a microcontroller and a piece ...

Have you ever noticed how shopping malls, parking lots, or event venues seem to track the number of people or cars present inside? You might think they use an AI camera to count them, but in reality, ...

ESP8266 WITH IR-SENSOR PROGRAM Basic. Certainly! Below is a simple example of an ESP8266 program using an IR sensor. This example assumes you are using the Arduino IDE with the ESP8266 board support ...

In Arduino IDE menu, go to Sketch -> Include Libray -> Add .ZIP Library... and then select the zipped library. After including it, you can add the include headers to your current sketch with Sketch -> ...

Have you ever wondered how speed guns measure the speed of moving vehicles or how an athlete's sprint speed is recorded? Normally these speed sensors work with radar or laser technology to bounce back ...

Some readers may recall building a line-following robot during their school days. Involving some IR LEDs, perhaps a bit of LEGO, and plenty of trial-and-error, it was fun on a tiny scale. Now imagine ...