Hi
I'm new here, and not at all knowledgeable about electronics, so please bear with me.
I have an electro-mechanical project I am working on. I have multiple potentiometer controlled voltages (up to 5VDC) being triggered (hopefully) by reflective photointerrupters (Everlight ITR-20001s). Unfortunately, I am fuzzy about how they should be wired. The pins are labeled:
Annode
Cathode
Collector
Emitter
Does anyone here have any suggestions for my (likely extremely simple) problem? I'm hoping to use the photointerrupters as simple switches -run the varible voltages directly through them to the unit's output. Can I do this?
http://www.everlight.com/datasheets/ITR20001-T.pdf
I'm new here, and not at all knowledgeable about electronics, so please bear with me.
I have an electro-mechanical project I am working on. I have multiple potentiometer controlled voltages (up to 5VDC) being triggered (hopefully) by reflective photointerrupters (Everlight ITR-20001s). Unfortunately, I am fuzzy about how they should be wired. The pins are labeled:
Annode
Cathode
Collector
Emitter
Does anyone here have any suggestions for my (likely extremely simple) problem? I'm hoping to use the photointerrupters as simple switches -run the varible voltages directly through them to the unit's output. Can I do this?
http://www.everlight.com/datasheets/ITR20001-T.pdf