What is the name of those little parts (see image) that are used to detect if something is in between the posts in the figure? They're ~1 cm long. infrared optical sensor? optical gate thingy? It's hard to search for them since optical, infrared, and gate are keywords for many other things.[Edited on August 27, 2012 at 9:51 PM. Reason : ]
8/27/2012 9:51:01 PM
pickle[Edited on August 27, 2012 at 9:55 PM. Reason : picture of pickle added]
8/27/2012 9:53:22 PM
it's an infrared switch
8/27/2012 9:55:44 PM
I thought this was going to be about Forrest Mims. Anyway try Jameco.
8/27/2012 9:57:36 PM
ugh.. i suck. thx.
8/27/2012 9:58:00 PM