shanedidona All American 728 Posts user info edit post |
What is the name of those little parts (see image) that are used to detect if something is in between the posts in the figure? They're ~1 cm long. infrared optical sensor? optical gate thingy? It's hard to search for them since optical, infrared, and gate are keywords for many other things.

[Edited on August 27, 2012 at 9:51 PM. Reason : ] 8/27/2012 9:51:01 PM
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BigMan157 no u 103356 Posts user info edit post |
pickle

[Edited on August 27, 2012 at 9:55 PM. Reason : picture of pickle added] 8/27/2012 9:53:22 PM
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NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35386 Posts user info edit post |
it's an infrared switch 8/27/2012 9:55:44 PM
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LaserSoup All American 5503 Posts user info edit post |
I thought this was going to be about Forrest Mims. Anyway try Jameco. 8/27/2012 9:57:36 PM
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shanedidona All American 728 Posts user info edit post |
ugh.. i suck. thx. 8/27/2012 9:58:00 PM
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