Maximizing Frequency Detection in Arduino Projects

In summary, for an arduino project involving an Infrared led and phototransistor, an FFT algorithm can be used to determine the frequency of the pulsating light. However, this may be a taxing task for the arduino system. Alternatively, a simpler method of counting the frequency using square wave signals and interrupts can be used.
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Hello, I am doing an arduino project and I need a bit of help with a code. What I am doing is I am setting an Infrared led to pulsate at different frequencies and I use IR phototransistor to capture that light. Then the phototransistor sends the data back to the arduino and here I need to add some code to read the frequency and depending on it to set different pins HIGH. Any suggestions? I am using the arduino language by the way.
 
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You can simply count the frequency. For that, you must get a square wave signal from the transistor (either by an amplifier or comparator). Then you can count the pulse length of a single square pulse or count the number of pulses in a some time frame by using interrupts and timers, much like a frequency counter.
 

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