int IRSensor = 2; // connect ir sensor to arduino pin 2 int LED = 8; // conect Led to arduino pin 8 #include SoftwareSerial mySerial(1, 0); // RX, TX void setup() { mySerial.begin(9600); pinMode (IRSensor, INPUT); // sensor pin INPUT pinMode (LED, OUTPUT); // Led pin OUTPUT } void loop() { int statusSensor = digitalRead (IRSensor); if (statusSensor == 1){ digitalWrite(LED, LOW); // LED LOW mySerial.println("nothing detected"); } else { digitalWrite(LED, HIGH); // LED High mySerial.println("detected!!!!!"); } }