Hello all that's great, it all is very relevant information.... I'll have to decide either to hack the cheapeest built one or to bring out the old soldering iron, it doesn't look like a hard circuit.

Ben, I'll keep you updated on the progress. I saw the rabitt..., good choice.

thank you all for the replies,

J




On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Martin Peach <martin.peach@sympatico.ca> wrote:
Here's a circuit that I used to amplify the PIR sensor.

Martin



From: "Ben Carney" <bfcarney@gmail.com>
To: "Martin Peach" <martin.peach@sympatico.ca>, jaime.oliver2@gmail.com, pd-list@iem.at

Subject: Re: [PD] PIR sensors
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:46:42 -0500


Not that i know much about sensors or electronics, but i believe this would
be a bit harder to implement, the modules that come out of  home lights have
a set of resistors and other small bit built into a small circuit.
that is a really good price, however!

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Martin Peach <martin.peach@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> You can also get the sensor on its own here:
> http://www.electronics123.com/s.nl/it.A/id.101/.f
>
> Martin
>
>
>
>  From: "Ben Carney" <bfcarney@gmail.com>
> > To: jaime.oliver2@gmail.com, pd-list@iem.at

> > Subject: Re: [PD] PIR sensors
> > Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:25:00 -0500
> >
> >
> > hello there jaime,
> >
> >   I have just recently bought 15 I.R. sensors for an installaition I  am
> > working on.
> >   I found two for around the $5-$6 range
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.7330
> >
> > http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10082
> >
> > i went with the first link because it is a rabbit, of course.
> >
> > shouyld get them in a week or two.
> >
> > i know a bit about hackingt them(not too hard to do it seems)
> >
> > let me know how this project comes along as we might end up being a
> > valuable
> > resource to one another.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Ben C.
> >
>
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