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    PIR Sensor: false positive detections

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    • MZ-BERM Offline
      MZ-BER @thgmirror
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      @thgmirror Yep, that is what I’ll do next. Already ordered a starter kit with resistors, inductors and capacitors.

      I also noticed, even if I added the ferrite beat, that the sensor recevied every minute excact on the second a signal

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      • FoziF Offline
        Fozi Project Sponsor @thgmirror
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        @thgmirror said in PIR Sensor: false positive detections:

        It is not a step-down/up … it is called Pull-Up, resp Pull-Down.

        Are you dealing with 3D printing? Just asking, because step-down converters are quite popular for modding cooling fans in that hobby :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

        HowTo: Replace PIR Sensor with a RCWL-0516 Microwave Sensor

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        • thgmirrorT Offline
          thgmirror @Fozi
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          @fozi no, currently no 3D-printing, but may be in the future:-)

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          • Z Offline
            Zoltan @MZ-BER
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            @mz-ber
            Apologies for the late response
            1, 2 and 3 is capacitors yes
            4 & 5 is inductors or coils. The rule is a Capacitor conduct high frequency but block low frequency. The coil or inductor is doing the opposite, and conduct low frequency but block high frequency. The whole idea is to short circuit any spikes on the power line as well as the data line to ground. This is quite a big low pass filter and you can make it smaller with less components.
            Remove 1
            Leave 4 & 2
            Replace 5 with a wire

            6 is a resister yes. 10 Kilo Ohm 1/4 watt is perfect

            The coils you can strip out of an old circuit board. If it looks like a wire wind coil and it measure less than 3 ohm then its perfect

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              Zoltan @MZ-BER
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              @mz-ber
              The controller board with the low pass filter
              Screenshot_20211203-180312_Gallery.jpg

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