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John Park in the Maker Shed: PIR Arduino motion alarm

John Park in the Maker Shed: PIR Arduino motion alarm

Want to learn how to hook up a passive infrared (PIR) sensor to your Arduino? Check out this video I put together doing just that. These sensors are very nice to work with either by themselves (along with a transistor or relay) or on a microcontroller. You get about a 20 ft. range for detecting motion from humans, animals, other things that emit a decent amount of infrared radiation. WILL NOT DETECT THE UNDEAD

Collin’s Lab: DIY Sci-fi

Inspired by last month’s DIY Movie Making theme, I present to you the above-seen piece of homegrown science fiction. While waiting patiently for what is likely the galaxy’s slowest turbolift, spacefaring duo Metalmags(Erica Magrey) & The Alien Ambassador(yours truly) take a casual stroll through the seams of their own chroma-keyed reality, in search of an […]