Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: IR detector system, biasing of photo diode
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 05:59:21 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 9
Message-ID: <vfo1rc$10hq1$1@dont-email.me>
References: <vfk0u0$3u9en$1@dont-email.me> <vfldpv$er7j$2@dont-email.me>
 <vflj0h$fm8u$1@dont-email.me> <vfm2vo$i9oh$1@dont-email.me>
 <vfnocj$uluj$3@dont-email.me> <vfnuef$vrlk$1@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:59:25 +0100 (CET)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fa7380676466dde76cb190732ebe317a";
	logging-data="1066817"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1923bqScUVvkH6GTItT+2FA"
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101
 Thunderbird/102.2.2
Cancel-Lock: sha1:qHQogsa9QeMvcSgkHajIbNjFnK8=
In-Reply-To: <vfnuef$vrlk$1@dont-email.me>
Content-Language: en-US
Bytes: 1647

On 10/28/2024 5:01 AM, Don Y wrote:
> E.g., I use them to "watch" the garage door rails (which have a specific
> shape) to see if any objects have come between the camera and the rails.
> (The rails define the plane that the garage door will occupy as
> it closes)  Of course, everything around the rails is highly variable
> as garages are notorious for clutter and dynamism.

"Track" would be a better term than "rail".