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Re: Powering the IR detector from +5V instead of 7+ V.

For example...

If you were using the CMU cam, noone would expect you to run a 12V line through a breaker, and then a voltage regulator (to reduce it to 7V or 5V) and then to the CMU cam...

You'd just plug it directly into a PWM port for power.

It is an input after all.
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