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Re: Testing and Cause of Failure for Encoders and Hall Effect sensors
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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
You'd have to put something totally opaque there, like a bit of electrical tape or foil, before the detector will stop seeing anything.
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During what became a very long troubleshooting session, I discovered that electrical tape isn't opaque to bright IR LEDs. It turns out that a lot of plastics aren't either. I try to use scraps of metal now.
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