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A passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) is an electronic sensor that measures infrared (IR) light radiating from objects in its field of view. They are most often used in PIR-based motion detectors.

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Simple USB powered PIR sensor with LED attached to it (no arduino)

I have purchased a PIR sensor from ebay. On a breadboard, I connected the sensor to a single LED and I saw that the voltage was low (1.75V circa). … Also, the PIR sensor model I'm using is HC-SR501 (Ebay PIR Sensor HC-SR501) simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab Cheers :) …
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Simple USB powered PIR sensor with LED attached to it (no arduino)

Whilst I was looking around for the datasheet of the PIR, I wanted to look at the one of the transistor one more. … I'll now have to fight with the actual PIR with the sensitivity etc. Thanks! …
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