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Message #13762
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bruce Robinson Bruce_Robinson@telus.net
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 17:59:19 -0400
Subject: Re: PIR detectors
> Wilf Rigter wrote:
> >
> > ... Some IR detectors have build in gain, filters, and level
> > detector and generate a logic level output.
> > (http://www.acroname.com/robotics/parts/R3-PYRO1.html)
...
>
> Ouch. Look at the price. The question in my mind is, can I take the guts
> out of a $15 CDN motion detector (the kind that turns on an outdoor
> light) and use the detector and circuitry from that?
>
> Bruce
>
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