I recently had to build an infrared close proximity sensor that could tell if something was dropped in a parcel delivery drop box. After some searching, I ended up using a microcontroller and a piece ...

Old infrared remote controls can be a great way to interface with your projects. One of [AnalysIR’s] latest blog posts goes over the simplest way to create an Arduino based IR receiver, makin… ...

The sensor is analog and gives analog output. I don’t know much about these flip-stick-click-lipstick, but I think it can be done using PWM rather MIDI to be more like theremin than auto-tuned ...

Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Arduino Infrared touchscreen music controller project and see it in action. ... towards an array of 64 IR sensors.