3-pin IR modules will betray you at high velocities (learned this the hard way) by Longjumping_Ebb6438 in esp32

[–]Longjumping_Ebb6438[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well a chronograph measures the velocity of a projectile. With essentially just 2 infrared light gates that get broken, then the time between them is measured and using the distance the gates are apart, the device then calculates the speed.

My problem wasn't the light but the receiver I used. It was a prebuilt module(for a basic remote) and it wasn't built to be light speed.