IR Sensors

[tuXguy15]

Hello. My team would like to start to work with IR sensors more. Do you guys know of any good ones that we should try out?

[Joe Ross]

What do you want to measure or detect with your sensors? Why did you choose to look into IR sensors?

[tuXguy15]

We would like to use them as a counter

[CrazyMohawk]

we use sharp ir sensors not sure what model# but you have to mount them to to something non conductive because they are grounded through the casing.

[Lightfoot26]

Banner Sensors have always treated us well. Large selection at Allied Electronics Here (http://www.alliedelec.com/search/searchresults.aspx?dsNav=Ntk:Primary%7Cbanner%7C3% 7C,Ny:True,Ro:0&dsDimensionSearch=D:banner,Dxm:All,Dxp:3&SearchType=0)

[faust1706]

what 1706 did last year:

We drilled a hole in a our shaft, and put an ir led shining through at one end, and an ir camera at the other. as the shaft spins, the camera detects the light twice a rotation. that is how we measured rpm last year for our shooter. this year I have no idea, for I am the vision programmer (which coincidentally I use IR XD).