Dear all,
I'm currently working a project using EE-SY410 sensor and a Raspberry pi B+ model for motor revolution counter purpose. However, I have a problem in reading the signal from the sensor. Hope you guys can help me out.
My circuit for EE-SY410 is:
LED (Cathode) --> 150 ohm --> 3.3V Pin
LED (anode)--> Ground pin
Receiver (Cathode) --> 3.3 V pin
Receiver (Data) --> GPIO 7
Receiver (Anode) --> 10kohm --> Ground pin
And my python code is:
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
sensor = 7
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
GPIO.setup(sensor, GPIO.IN, pull_up_down=GPIO.PUD_UP)
current = GPIO.input(sensor)
previous = current
def printState(current):
print 'GPIO pin %s is %s' % (sensor, 'HIGH' if current else 'LOW')
printState(current)
while True:
current = GPIO.input(sensor)
if current != previous:
printState(current)
previous = current
time.sleep(0.1)
GPIO.cleanup()
However when running the program, the GPIO-7 output stayed at HIGH value even though I use piece of paper to reflect the IR LED. The output voltage is around 3.2 V and reduce very little (0.05V) if there is reflective paper on it.
If I don't use pull_up_down = GPIO.PUB_UP but let it as default (OFF), the value of GPIO-7 can be changed from HIGH to LOW and vice versa but it very unstable. Even there is no reflection, the value still change. When I measure the output voltage between GPIO-7 and ground, it showed around 1.2-1.4 V.
Can you help me out at which point was I wrong ? and what is the best python code for this kind of sensor ?
Thank you very much.
