A heat-sensitive sensor can be used to construct a direction detector. Such a sensor reacts to all animal heat. The one used in this design has a sensitive surface that has been divided into two. It, therefore,
makes a difference, whether the heat approaches from the left or the right. The indication for cold objects
is, of course, exactly the opposite.
Circuit IC1B forms a symmetric supply. Terminal s of the sensor is its output. The signal at s is amplified in IC1A by a factor of about 70 before it is available at the output of the detector.
To obtain good directivity, it is best to place the sensor behind a single narrow slit, rather than behind
the usual raster of a multifaceted mirror. The circuit draws a current of only a few mA from a 5-V supply.
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