PIR-based Motion Detector
A PIR-based motion detector is used to sense movement of people, animals, or other objects. They are commonly used in burglar alarms and automatically-activated lighting systems. They are commonly called simply "PIR," or sometimes "PID," for 'passive infrared detector'.
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