[ladyada] has a freshly-published and amazingly thorough tutorial on passive infrared (PIR) motion sensors. Most often seen in security floodlights and automatic doors, in creative hands these sensors ...

In this tutorial we will use a Passive Infra-Red (PIR) sensor as an input to trigger a LED. A PIR sensor works by detecting heat as an object passes by it. Plug the micro: bit into the GPIO shield.

Living objects with a body temperature above 0°C emit heat as infrared radiation, also known as thermal radiation, which is invisible to the human eye. PIR sensors, designed for this purpose, can ...

Moderately priced Passive Infrared PIR Sensor modules are now widely available. By using these readymade and pre-configured PIR sensors, even an average electronics hobbyist can construct his/her own ...

In the microcontroller era today, Arduino is more than just a tool to accomplish hobby tasks. There is actually a close relationship between microcontroller technology and home security, since you can ...

Smart Bee Designs’ Bee Motion is an ESP32-S2 board with a PIR motion sensor, some GPIOs for expansion, and promising over a year of battery life under the right circumstances. If the name “Bee Motion” ...