Gravity: Digital Infrared Distance Sensor (10cm)

Digital IR edge/obstacle sensor with 2–10 cm detection range and digital output. Designed for robot edge detection to prevent falls. Includes breakout board and digital sensor cable.

Logical pinout · physical placement not verified

VCC
Supply input for the Gravity SEN0042 edge-detection sensor. DFRobot wiki specifies supply voltage 2.7-6.2V; schematic exposes J1 power net. Source: https://wiki.dfrobot.com/sen0042/
Type · PowerVoltage · 2.7-6.2V
GND
Ground reference for the Gravity SEN0042 board. DFRobot SEN0042 schematic shows J1 ground net. Source: https://dfimg.dfrobot.com/wiki/17181/SEN0042_edge-detection-sensor_schematics_1.0.pdf
Type · GroundVoltage · 0V
Ddigital output
Digital output to host controller. DFRobot wiki says the sensor provides a simple digital output connected to an Arduino digital pin; signal voltage is Vcc-0.6V high and 0.6V low. Source: https://wiki.dfrobot.com/sen0042/
Type · SignalVoltage · High: VCC-0.6V; Low: 0.6V

Pin	Type	Function	Voltage
VCC	Power	Supply input for the Gravity SEN0042 edge-detection sensor. DFRobot wiki specifies supply voltage 2.7-6.2V; schematic exposes J1 power net. Source: https://wiki.dfrobot.com/sen0042/	2.7-6.2V
GND	Ground	Ground reference for the Gravity SEN0042 board. DFRobot SEN0042 schematic shows J1 ground net. Source: https://dfimg.dfrobot.com/wiki/17181/SEN0042_edge-detection-sensor_schematics_1.0.pdf	0V
Ddigital output	Signal	Digital output to host controller. DFRobot wiki says the sensor provides a simple digital output connected to an Arduino digital pin; signal voltage is Vcc-0.6V high and 0.6V low. Source: https://wiki.dfrobot.com/sen0042/	High: VCC-0.6V; Low: 0.6V

Logical pinout · physical placement not verified

Pin details

3 connections

VCC
Supply input for the Gravity SEN0042 edge-detection sensor. DFRobot wiki specifies supply voltage 2.7-6.2V; schematic exposes J1 power net. Source: https://wiki.dfrobot.com/sen0042/
PowerVoltage · 2.7-6.2V
GND
Ground reference for the Gravity SEN0042 board. DFRobot SEN0042 schematic shows J1 ground net. Source: https://dfimg.dfrobot.com/wiki/17181/SEN0042_edge-detection-sensor_schematics_1.0.pdf
GroundVoltage · 0V
Ddigital output
Digital output to host controller. DFRobot wiki says the sensor provides a simple digital output connected to an Arduino digital pin; signal voltage is Vcc-0.6V high and 0.6V low. Source: https://wiki.dfrobot.com/sen0042/
SignalVoltage · High: VCC-0.6V; Low: 0.6V

Start wiring

I2C · SPI · Single data line · 3.3 – 5 V · Breakout

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