With higher levels of integration to include features such as occupancy detection, health monitoring, and motion and presence ...

In this modern age, IR sensors are typically used in motion detectors and the best VR headsets. In the latter, they measure the depth of a space and your proximity to things in your environment.

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Between infrared detection and microwave sensing, motion sensors can accurately identify movement within their field of view. They analyze changes in energy levels, whether through heat signatures ...

(Passive InfraRed sensor) A device used to detect motion by receiving infrared radiation. When a person walks past the sensor, it detects a rapid change of infrared energy and sends a signal.

But you need to buy additional hardware like motion sensors to make this “magic” happen ... Performance-wise, McKinney says ...

As an example, [Circuit Valley] has an IKEA Vallhorn motion sensor for a teardown, it’s as you might expect, a passive infrared sensor (PIR) sensor coupled with a Zigbee interface. Inside the ...

this DIY motion trigger for a DSLR is a quick and easy build, and probably loads more fun. The BOM on [Jeremy S Cook]’s build is extremely short – just a PIR sensor and an optoisolator ...