@uros76 ty ill maybe try to find another microwave sensor. pir i find really ugly try to stay away from them. really sad i didnt get the microwave sensor working. thanks for the help

it took a long time but i tested the voltage, i can upload a video somewhere if u want. the wrong positive and the regular ones look the same for me. it kinda spikes to ~5v and then instantly goes to 3.3 and stabilizes

@uros76
i forget to mention i already changed the pin, i first tried pin 7 before

according to pinout.xyz my pin 11 is gpio 17

GPIO 17: level=0 fsel=0 func=INPUT

thank you very much for helping me, i dont have a multi meter but ill ask my father to do that. u think its not the sensor sending the signal? maybe it picks up something with the wire along the way? i dont have a engineering background.

@sdetweil sry about that

@uros76 i hope thats not the problem

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
import datetime

switch=11


GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
GPIO.setup(switch, GPIO.IN)




try:
    while True:
        if GPIO.input(switch) == 1:
            now = datetime.datetime.now()
            print(now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), "something")
            
        time.sleep(5)
        
        
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print("Bye Bye")
finally:
    GPIO.cleanup()

thanks for the help

thanks for the help, but i doubt its some kind of movement since its exactly every minute. i tried a different room and its the same.

@uros76
the range is not the problem. i get positives when nothing is moving near it

hello,
i tried this with the microwave sensor, but im out of ideas. i get wrong positives every minute. (i check every 5 sec).
i added also the ferrite, tried another raspberry, different of these sensors (bought a 5 pack) and placed it in a different room. anyone got any ideas what else i could try?
or maybe similar microwave sensors i could try?

any help would be great, tyvm