Thread: Optical Sensors
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Re: Optical Sensors

Caveat: I usually don't know what I am talking about.

The opto isolator is a device that has an electrical output that mimics the electrical input. Internally, it couples the output to the input via light emitter/detector, thus there is no direct electrical connection, hence electrical isolation using optical means. Anyway, it is not what you want to sense or detect light.