Thank you, very much appreciated. I will be announcing more information about the "big project" within a few weeks. I am getting excited about it and I think it will be well received in our community. Cheers! Chris
Thank you! Your Pi Pico series of tutorial videos are helping me expand my expertise from the Arduino. I have a lot of 5v sensors on hand. Maybe in a future video you could address considerations of using 5v sensors with a 3.3 Pi Pico?
Glad to help! I have been thinking about that, but not sure when I can get around to it. I am about to launch a new series utilizing PICOS that will take up a serious amount of time. I am very hopeful everyone will enjoy that series. Cheers! Chris
HI RBHaveman, The output from this device is an open collector... Open-Collector 25 mA Output … Compatible with Digital Logic When the sensor is active, it is connected to zero volts (Ground). When the sensor is inactive, it is pulled high by the PICO, thus 3.3V. Cheers! Chris
Good morning c0zn1c, The A3144 is primarily a digital switch meaning it is either ON or OFF and it is an open collector signal thus not suitable for providing an analog signal. Out of curiosity, I just wired one up to see if there was any small transitional range you could use but did not see anything I would consider useful. Cheers! Chris
Shortest , most educational video for the a3144 I have seen. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Cheers!
Chris
Nicely done Chris. Looking forward to seeing the project when it's ready.
Thank you, very much appreciated. I will be announcing more information about the "big project" within a few weeks. I am getting excited about it and I think it will be well received in our community.
Cheers!
Chris
Thank you! Your Pi Pico series of tutorial videos are helping me expand my expertise from the Arduino. I have a lot of 5v sensors on hand. Maybe in a future video you could address considerations of using 5v sensors with a 3.3 Pi Pico?
Glad to help!
I have been thinking about that, but not sure when I can get around to it. I am about to launch a new series utilizing PICOS that will take up a serious amount of time. I am very hopeful everyone will enjoy that series.
Cheers!
Chris
With the input voltage into the A3144 at 5V. What is the voltage from the output pin 3. Do you have worry about damaging the Pi Pico inputs 3.3 volts?
HI RBHaveman,
The output from this device is an open collector...
Open-Collector 25 mA Output … Compatible with Digital Logic
When the sensor is active, it is connected to zero volts (Ground). When the sensor is inactive, it is pulled high by the PICO, thus 3.3V.
Cheers!
Chris
Can you use these parts to get the led to dim and not just on/off?
Good morning c0zn1c,
The A3144 is primarily a digital switch meaning it is either ON or OFF and it is an open collector signal thus not suitable for providing an analog signal. Out of curiosity, I just wired one up to see if there was any small transitional range you could use but did not see anything I would consider useful.
Cheers!
Chris
Thank You
You're welcome
Cheers!
Chris