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New ams Color Sensor Designed to Eliminate Flicker in Rolling Shutter Sensors

The highly sensitive flicker sensor is designed to deliver distortion-free images and videos captured on a smartphone camera.

November 05, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

Panasonic Low Profile Lens PIR Sensor | Tech Specs

This episode of Tech Specs is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

November 01, 2019 by TTI, Inc

Time-of-Flight Sensors for In-Cabin Vehicle Safety

This article looks at how time-of-flight sensing in a vehicle's cabin can improve safety and convenience.

August 21, 2019 by Gualtiero Bagnuoli, Melexis

How Do Time of Flight Sensors (ToF) Work? A Look at ToF 3D Cameras

How do time of flight sensors determine distances? Learn more about ToF cameras using an example 3D camera.

May 08, 2019 by Mark Hughes

How to Interpret IMU Sensor Data for Dead-Reckoning: Rotation Matrix Creation

Working with IMUs can maddening for a variety of reasons, but what scares people the most is usually the math.

April 23, 2019 by Mark Hughes

Sensors for IoT, Robotics, and Mobile: ams Optical Imaging Sensors Roundup

An update on some new ams optical imaging sensors coming down the pipe in 2019.

January 20, 2019 by Mark Hughes

Sensors Behind Device Screens, Expression Tracking, and a New SDK: Facial Recognition Roundup

A look at some facial recognition-related info from around the industry.

January 18, 2019 by Kate Smith

Light Sensors: The Absorption Spectrometer, LIDAR, and Thermal Cameras on Display at CES 2018

The 2018 Consumer Electronics Show debuted a variety of sensors. This article looks at LIDAR, microspectrometers, and Infrared cameras.

January 13, 2018 by Mark Hughes

Dealing with Variable Lighting: CMOS Vs CCD Image Sensors

Despite the convenience of CMOS imagers, CCD imagers still have their place. And if you really need low-light performance, consider a device with EMCCD technology, such as the KAE-02152.

May 03, 2017 by Robert Keim

Quark D2000 I2C Interfacing: Add a Light Sensor and an LCD

Get acquainted with using I2C with the Quark D2000 development board by interfacing an ambient light sensor and an LCD.

January 12, 2017 by Raymond Genovese

Flash Freeze Photography with an Arduino

Freeze moments in time to easily produce extraordinary close-up pictures with your digital camera, an Arduino, and these simple circuits.

November 14, 2016 by Raymond Genovese

Signal Conditioning for Pyroelectric Passive Infrared (PIR) Sensors

Learn about the basics, signal conditioning, digital output, and hardware specs of passive infrared sensors.

July 15, 2016 by Sylvain Colliard-Piraud, STMicroelectronics

An Arduino-Controlled Light Sensor

Monitoring the output of a light-dependent resistor, or photoresistor, allows the Arduino to know how light or dark it is. When the light falls below a certain level, the Arduino turns on a couple of LEDs.

June 01, 2015 by Tim Youngblood