Prashant Bhandary <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> The Sharp module seems to do a pretty good job of detecting the
> signal. I suspect it uses one of those single chip units where the
> whole thing is built into a TO-126 type of package using an IR
> transparent plastic and has three pins - Vcc, Gnd and output. The
> metal box does the all important job of shielding.

Prashant and others:

By the way... Since the shielding is, as you say, all-important,
it's NECESSARY to ground the metal case.

-Andy

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