confuse with sensors components

darsin said:

hi,
i wan to work on my IR sensors now..
i'd surf the components on the farnell and cpc uk website,
they are few words confusing me..
normally IR sensors we need transmitter and receiver right?
then, some of them will use "emitter" and "detector" this word.
so i would like to ask u all, is transmitter = emitter? receiver = detector?
i found a IR receiver in farnell and it is 3 legs. i not really familiar with it. can anybody teach me?

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darsin said:

hi,
... some of them will use "emitter" and "detector" this word.
so i would like to ask u all, is transmitter = emitter? receiver = detector?

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darsin said:

**broken link removed**
some body from this forum gave me this link.
from the circuit, is the IR led same with the IR emitter?
cheers.

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