> the emitter to ground, then have a 150ohm pullup on the
> collector, I can see the voltage on the PIC input range
> from no IR signal of 5V, and down to about half a volt
> when i position the IR tx diode just right

Isn't 150R a little low ? The receiver may not have enough
gain to completely overcome that much pull-up current

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