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    using a raspberry pi to monitor and trigger certain media depending on how much movements it detects.

    • What's behind the dome thing?detritus
    • it's a PIR, I started with a solid pushbutton, but I was getting too many false read, so I'm using this until my final sensor arrivesGeorgesII
    • Have you considered ultra-sonic sensors?detritus
    • f'ing hell, just checked - i have two of these (unused) - they're a quid each. https://www.ebay.co.…
      The future's so cool.
      detritus
    • I think I paid like £3 each when I went on my electronics-buying splurge a couple of years backdetritus
    • For the life of me I can't recall what it was, but I read a review of these a month or so back - tehre are better models out with increased accuracy, but thesedetritus
    • ...are good up to about 2m, within 5cm, if i recall rightdetritus
    • yeah PIR is kinda retarded, but it's great for this use, I'm waiting for a nice thermal sensor to arrive so I can detect a little bit more dataGeorgesII

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