I am looking for a proximity sensor with a sensing distance of around 2 to 3 feet. I saw in one of the posts regarding and IR sensor, but I dont want to use it for remote control purposes.
Proximity sensor do not come with that range.. only IR can be used... inductive or capacitive proximity sensors are of distance 1 to 4mm max.. and used for specific purpose.
I have some capacitive proxys with 100mm range, still no good to you though is it.
I remember a project in wireless world which was a living thing detector and had a range of a few feet, what is it you want to detect people or objects.
If you want to detect objects maybe a microwave radar type detector is the way to go.
@ ckshivaram:
can we program the output of capacitive sensors with a MicroController?
are they available as Tx-Rx pair??? I wud b glad to know if there are any, that wud opearte at the range upto 5 mm