Grove IR Interrupter Detector
- Page ID
- 51321
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The grove infrared reflector sensor is a digital device.
Therefore it interfaces through a digital port. The required input voltage is 5 volts.
It is sensitive to reflected IR from 0 to 4.5 cm (1.77 inches).
#!/usr/bin/python3
#
# SwitchDoc Labs, August 2019
# Modification by Phil H Williams, May 25, 2021
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
# Set the digital port (pin)
pin = 5
GPIO.setwarnings(False)
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM) # Set up the GPIO.
GPIO.setup(pin, GPIO.IN) # In this example a digital input is used.
while (True):
if (GPIO.input(pin) == 0): # Read the condition of the input on the pin and see if it is high (1) or low (0).
print ('Object Detected') # The if else block.
else:
print ('Object NOT Detected')
time.sleep(0.3)