🔍 Exploring the Versatility of the Adafruit PIR Motion Sensor: A Comprehensive Review and How-to Guide Review

After I hooked it up properly and entered the code correctly, it works as advertised. I use it to trigger a Pi Camera when motion is detected and it works great.

I bought this to make a motion activated magic mirror. It worked with my Pi 3B+ and was easy to plug in and get started. I used a breadboard to connect to the Pi using the M->F jumpers.

sensor works fine. I used it to play a sound every time someone walked by. What I liked the most is that you can set the sensitivity and time on it.

The sensor came as described but was difficult to use. I've used this with an Arduino and when I ran the test code the readings were accurate, but after a few hours of testing I was only getting high readings even when pointing away from human IR signatures. I tried to use it as a test for an automatic light switch I was building but ended up not being able to implement the function. All in all a good item to play with, but maybe not as durable/comfortable as something more reliable or…

More than I expected. I thought it was about the same size as my SmartThings motion sensors, but it's a lot bigger. Seems to work pretty well with my Pi3. For some reason it's less reliable when I connect it to Pi Zero. Not sure why. I usually use my Pi3 for setup as it's much faster and the remote desktop is faster, and when I'm done I pop the microSD into the Pizero and transfer the hardware. Works great with everything except this motion sensor. Often dims when nothing happens even though…

I gave it 5 stars but it's not what I would call professional. They work really well and I would order them again. You have to keep in mind that they don't cost nearly as much as professional motion sensors either.

I gave 5 stars but it's not what I would call professional. They work really well and I would order them again. You have to keep in mind that they don't cost nearly as much as professional motion sensors either.

Very disappointed with range. I have to wave my hand about a foot in front of him to make him fly up. Sensitivity is set to full. Maybe this one is defective, but I'm not sure I'll try the other one. On the other hand, it is a simple application with sufficient documentation. It arrived on time and was neatly packaged.

The sensor came as described but was difficult to connect. I used this with an Arduino and when I ran the test code the readings were accurate, but after a few hours of testing I was only getting high readings even when pointing away from human IR signatures. I tried to use it as a test for an automatic light switch I was building but ended up not being able to implement the function. All in all a good item to play with, but maybe not as durable/convenient as something more reliable or…