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Is there a way to know if the IR LED is working without a camera, but with a multimeter? I have a cheap XL830L multimeter. With a regular LED (red, yellow), if I set the multimeter to 2 kilohm or 200 ohm, I could see the LED lighting, but the displayed value is 1 (error). If I do the same thing with the IR LED, of course the value is still 1, and I cannot see the light with the camera.

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(If you're wondering about the physics behind it, I believe it involves the conversion of two IR photons into a single visible photon--no violation of conservation of energy here, sorry!)

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In general if the LED has an appropriate voltage across it (~1.2V usually) and there is appropriate current flowing, you can be pretty sure it's emitting light. If you bought it from a reliable supplier and have not damaged it, then it should be emitting light within datasheet parameters. You can verify the current by measuring the voltage across the 270\$\Omega\$ resistor (check the resistance before installing it, out of circuit) to be 100% sure.

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As @Seb mentions below, try both cameras. The front (selfie) camera on my phone has better IR response. Photographing things in a high temperature furnace or kiln with a digital camera can also give you the false violet image.

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One way to directly test it is to connect another similar LED as a photodiode to your multimeter on a voltage range (eg. 200mV or 2V). Point one at the other and remove them from ambient light (in a cardboard box or whatever). If you turn the emitting LED on and off, you should see a change in the indicated voltage on your multimeter.

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I bought a lot of 5 mm, 940 nm IR LEDs like the picture below. I want to know if they are working or not. I tried the smartphone camera method, but I could not see the light. I have tested multiple of them, and I could not see the light with any of them, so I am not sure if the test itself is working or not.

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Not all phone cameras pick up IR LEDs, probably due to internal optical filtering. For example, my iPhone only shows a dim flicker in a dark environment from an IR remote that I know is very bright.

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In addition to the methods the other answer mentions, you can get these IR detector cards that glow in the visible spectrum when exposed to infrared light; I could swear they used to be more affordable than this though. I see a few available on Amazon for much cheaper, but I have my doubts as to whether they're actually real.