That wont really work with me because I got to have it when the pellet crosses the beam I need it to completely shut down a coil till I hit a reset button to bring everything back up... and I got the IR detector and emitter down I just need the logical switch. Ive been trying to use an 2-channel AND gate (a standard CMOS chip, forgot the number 4010 I think) by wiring the out to one of the channels(with a diode in between corisponding to the direction of flow) and the other to the IR detector but the didnt work. So is it the type of components Im using?
Another thing, a PIC, an EPROM chip, or a computer, may work..but I dont wana go that extreem.
(If there is any mis spellings please mind it I just burn my right hand fingers while cooking)