OCTOPUS PIR Sensor module is a type of electronic building block based on AM412 pyroelectric digital smart sensor. It can be used in sensing and detection of human or animal motion, sensing distance is about 4-5 meters.
Dimension
Specification
- Power supply 5V
- Digital signal processing:< SP
- Power adjustable,save more energy
- Two-way differential high impedance sensor input
- Built-in filter, screen the interference by other frequency
- Excellent power supply rejection, Insensitive to RF interference Schmidt REL output
- Low voltage,low power consumption, instantaneous settling after power up
- Working temperature -25 ~ 85
- Size:<32.00mm×24.00mm
Hardware Connection
Connect octopus PIR sensor brick to P0 port on OCTOPUS:BIT.
Code
You can see the whole program from the link
Results
Once any movement made by human or animals within the range of 5 meters was detected by PIR sensor, micro:bit will display a rectangle; when there is no movement detected, micro:bit will display a heart.