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Unread 12-11-2006, 13:02
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Re: IR Emitters and Receivers

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Originally Posted by teh_pwnerer795
umm..the reflecting part... if it was reflected off a spinning mirrior... would it lose the insensity of the beam?
As mentioned before, the IR sensor is pretty sensitive. Last year we used our sensors to detect wheel speed of our shooting wheel by just using a little white paint. Also the sensors have a built in gain adjustment to change sensitivity. No sweat they are easy!