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Product category: Optoelectronic Sensors, Switches and Receivers
News Release from: Optek Technology | Subject: OPB732 Series
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 24 August 2006

Infra-red switch goes a long way

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A long distance infra-red switch has a reflective distance of more than one inch, depending on circuitry.

Providing design engineers with a reflective device capable of operating in dusty environments, TT Electronics Optek Technology has developed a long distance infra-red switch that has a reflective distance of more than one inch, depending on circuitry Designated the OPB732 Series, the reflective switch configuration includes an infra-red LED and phototransistor, and uses an opaque housing to reduce the sensor's ambient light sensitivity