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Grove - Digital PIR Sensor

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PIR sensor is an IR sensor to detect human motions. This Grove Digital PIR Sensor is the cheapest PIR sensor in the PIR families, however, it is able to give a quick response and generate a high signal from the "sig" Pin.

With the Grove interface, the Grove digital PIR Sensor is easy to be plugged and played. And it doesn't need any Arduino Library.

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Features

  • Budget-friendly: less than 3 dollars
  • Intuitive: detect motion and output with only ‘high’ and ‘low’ digital signals
  • Simple: no external arduino library required
  • Interface: Grove

Specification

ItemValue
Voltage range3V–5V
Detecting angle100 degree
Detecting distance3.2m-12m
Response time< 1s
Working temp-20-85 C
InterfaceGrove
Dimensions20mm 20mm 11.5mm
Weight3g
BatteryExclude

Platform Supported

ArduinoRaspberry Pi

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Getting Started

Getting Started with Arduino

Materials Required

Seeeduino XIAOGrove BreadboardGrove Digital PIR Motion Sensor

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Hardware Connection

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The Grove interface on the breadboard and on the Grove digital PIR Sensor are connected by the Grove cable.

Softwawre

  • Step1 Copy the code below to the Arduino IDE and upload. If you do not know how to update the code, please check How to upload code.
#define digital_pir_sensor 5 // connect to Pin 5

void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600); // set baud rate as 9600
pinMode(digital_pir_sensor,INPUT); // set Pin mode as input
}

void loop()
{
bool state = digitalRead(digital_pir_sensor); // read from PIR sensor
if (state == 1)
Serial.println("A Motion has occured"); // When there is a response
else
Serial.println("Nothing Happened"); // Far from PIR sensor
}
  • Step2 Open the Serial port and you will see the value changing when you take a motion around the PIR sensor.

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

Materials Required

Raspberry Pi 4B(4GB)Grove Base Hat for Raspberry PiGrove Digital PIR Motion Sensor

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Hardware Connection

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Connect the PIR sensor with "D5" on the Grove Base Hat.

Code

  • Step 1 Update the system verion of Raspberry Pi.
sudo apt-get update
  • Step 2 Install the wiringPi.
sudo pip install wiringPi

If you use Pi 4, please select the version of wiringPi

sudo pip install wiringPi==2.52.0
  • Step 3 Get the right Pin you are connecting with.
gpio readall

here comes a table, find the Pim definition of the Pin 5 in wiring definition, in this demo, the pin definition is 21.

gpio read 21

You can read the value from the PIR sensor, when there is a motion, the value is "1", otherwise. the value is "0".

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