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The IR Range Sensor
Posted February 5, 2008 by Chris
Infrared range sensors have been around for a long time. Being able to use the analog output to determine how far objects are from the sensor is quite a handy tool for many different applications. This tutorial shows you exactly how to do that!
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December 15th, 2010 at 5:33 am
the circuit please?
May 12th, 2012 at 1:14 am
Really it is wonderful
Thanks,
May 22nd, 2012 at 10:16 am
Great thanks
August 28th, 2018 at 11:44 pm
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