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10-02-2008, 19:21

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Re: define irswitch?

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Originally Posted by whitetiger0990

Digital inputs become false when the circuit is closed.

That's correct for switches or "open-collector output" sensors that complete a connection to ground. But the IR sensor is not that kind of circuit. It provides a logic level output, with the digital input resting at zero and going to one when the signal is recognized.

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