Honeywell Sensing and Control has designed a position sensor IC which combines the sensitivity of an anisotropic magnetoresistive (AMR) sensor with the low power operation of a Reed switch. The range of magnetoresistive sensor ICs is called Nanopower reflecting a typical power consumption of 360nA. This is a ten-fold reduction in power consumption on previous […]
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sudo modprobe w1-gpio sudo modprobe w1-therm cd /sys/bus/w1/devices ls cd 28-xxxx (change this to match what serial number pops up) cat w1_slave The interface is a little unreliable, but fortunately it tells us if there is a valid temperature to read. It’s like a file, so all we have to do is read The response
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Time to take your electric meds. Sensors could come embedded in the pills in your next prescription, watching whether you take your medication on time and tracking your body’s response to the drugs. The tiny sensors, which are ingested and pass harmlessly through the body, are part of the Helius system, developed by Proteus Digital
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The basic idea of this project is to convert a $3-4 solar light found at Lowes and Home Depot hardware store (here in the US) into a wireless remote sensor node. The node will utilize an MSP430G2553 MCU and a nRF24L01+(w/ spirilis library) wireless module to send light intensity (photoresitor that came with solar driveway
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Raspberry Pi has a Broadcom BCM2835 chip, which controls 26 GPIO (general purpose input/output) pins. There are C library or RPi.GPIO python package available online that can be used to control the pins. The RPi.GPIO package is by default included in most Raspberry Pi system, such as Raspbian, a RPi version of Debian linux system. One
Contents Manifesto The Board The Geiger Tube Types of radiation Supported Geiger Tubes Testing Sources Actuators From CPM to Sieverts Source Code Schematic Participate Buy Links and Documentation NOTE: All the code examples in this tutorial use the arduPi library. You can see the documentation and download the library here. Manifesto The main finality of
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Agriculture consumes between 80 – 90% of all freshwater in the United States. An easy way to conserve water in the agricultural sector is to install a soil moisture sensor. Soil moisture sensors measure the amount of water in the soil to maintain consistent and ideal soil conditions for plants. In some cases, installing a
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The TSL2584TSV is a very-high sensitivity light-to-digital converter that transforms light intensity into a digital signal output with a fast-mode I²C interface. The device combines one broadband photodiode (visible plus infrared), one infrared-responding photodiode, and a photopic infrared-blocking filter on a single CMOS integrated circuit. Two integrating analog to Digital Converters (ADCs) convert the photodiode
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UDOO Neo embodies a new concept: a single board computer suitable for the Post-PC era: Like a Raspberry Pi, you can program it in any language and run a full Linux environment with graphic interfaces. You get all the simplicity of an Arduino-compatible board, thanks to the Cortex-M4 and the Arduino UNO pinout layout, with the possibility of
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Pssst – want some high tech protection for your home office, or a secret lock for your “workshop” (ok, you got me, it’s actually a dungeon/gaming room) that the kids won’t be able to figure out? We’ve got you covered. Let’s build a DIY smart lock that automatically detects when you’re there, and locks when you’re not.
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