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Teardown Tuesday: Solar Powered Security Light

Teardown Tuesday: Solar Powered Security Light

In this teardown, we will look at the internals of a motion-activated light which contains its own solar charging system.


News Apr 11, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Capturing IMU Data with a BNO055 Absolute Orientation Sensor

Capturing IMU Data with a BNO055 Absolute Orientation Sensor

The BNO055 is an absolute orientation sensor from Bosch that combines sensor data and a microprocessor to filter and combine the data, giving users their absolute orientation in space.


Projects Mar 22, 2017 by Mark Hughes
Getting a Grip on Force-Sensing Technology

Getting a Grip on Force-Sensing Technology

An analysis of the Quantum Tunneling Composite materials touch development kit from Peratech.


Teardown Tuesday: Bluetooth Laser Distance Measurer

Teardown Tuesday: Bluetooth Laser Distance Measurer

What's inside the Suaoki Bluetooth laser distance measurement tool?


News Jan 17, 2017 by Mark Hughes
Controlling a Servo with a PICAXE and an IR Sensor

Controlling a Servo with a PICAXE and an IR Sensor

A PICAXE 08M2 can be used to read the amount of IR (infrared) light falling on a phototransistor and respond by moving a servo to a predetermined position.


New Electric Vehicle Battery Sensor Design Could Reduce EV Costs

New Electric Vehicle Battery Sensor Design Could Reduce EV Costs

Electric vehicle batteries (EVBs) are used to power electric vehicles (EVs). Generally, each cell requires its own voltage sensor, however, this might have changed in a recent breakthrough.


News Dec 28, 2016 by Donald Krambeck
InvenSense: The End of the Road for a Sensor Pioneer

InvenSense: The End of the Road for a Sensor Pioneer

TDK's takeover of MEMS specialist InvenSense shows that the humble sensor is going to be a crucial building block in future designs.


News Dec 24, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
Flash Freeze Photography with an Arduino

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.


How to Build the Brightest LED Saber in the World

How to Build the Brightest LED Saber in the World

The brightest blade in the world. Fluid sound effects generated in real time. Any colour, changeable on the fly. If you want to know what it feels like to hold a Lightsaber, this project is the closest you can get today.


Projects Oct 18, 2016 by Jeremy Lee
How to Design a Bluetooth Low Energy Circuit with Sensor Technology

How to Design a Bluetooth Low Energy Circuit with Sensor Technology

Tutorial on designing a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) circuit with the ability to measure 9-axis motion, humidity, and temperature.


Teardown Tuesday: Vehicle Backup Sensor

Teardown Tuesday: Vehicle Backup Sensor

What's inside of a car backup sensor? Find out in this teardown!


News Oct 11, 2016 by Alex Udanis
Creating Novel Linux Controllers for Wearable Devices

Creating Novel Linux Controllers for Wearable Devices

Embedded and wearable systems require new ideas for input controller hardware. But older software still expects a keyboard and mouse. How do we bridge the gap without having to write kernel drivers?


Measuring Temperature with an NTC Thermistor

Measuring Temperature with an NTC Thermistor

For this article, we are only concerned with one type of sensor that can measure temperature. This sensor is called a thermistor.


Projects Aug 15, 2016 by Joseph Corleto
Study Shows PINs Can Be Tracked From Wearables

Study Shows PINs Can Be Tracked From Wearables

Recent research shows that wearable embedded sensors can be used to crack a user's PINs and passwords.


News Jul 22, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar
How Sensor Fusion Works

How Sensor Fusion Works

Sensor fusion is the art of combining multiple physical sensors to produce accurate "ground truth", even though each sensor might be unreliable on its own.


Signal Conditioning for Pyroelectric Passive Infrared (PIR) Sensors

Signal Conditioning for Pyroelectric Passive Infrared (PIR) Sensors

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


Building an RC Robot Using a Wheelchair Base—Part 2

Building an RC Robot Using a Wheelchair Base—Part 2

The Sabertooth 2x32 motor controller can be used to create a robust drive platform for your next robotic endeavour. This article uses an Arduino Uno to communicate with the Sabertooth 2x32 controller.


Projects Jul 13, 2016 by Mark Hughes
The How and Why of Energy Harvesting for Low-Power Applications

The How and Why of Energy Harvesting for Low-Power Applications

Harvesting energy from non-conventional sources has received an increased interest as designers look for alternative power sources. Even though the power is usually harvested in small amounts, it is adequate for various low-power applications.


The Tiny Radar Chip Revolutionizing Gesture Recognition: Google ATAP’s Project Soli

The Tiny Radar Chip Revolutionizing Gesture Recognition: Google ATAP’s Project Soli

Google ATAP is bringing touchless interface to your smartwatch— and maybe everywhere else, too. This is Project Soli.


News Jun 15, 2016 by Kate Smith
Circuits and Techniques for Implementing Capacitive Touch Sensing

Circuits and Techniques for Implementing Capacitive Touch Sensing

This article presents some basic cap-sense circuit configurations and discusses how to deal with low- and high-frequency noise.