The experiment is for switching an acoustic sounder as a rain alarm after a predetermine time. It may, however, be tinkered for a number of other applications. Needless to say, this is a simple ...

Acid rain sucks, particularly if you run a fancy university with lots of lovely statues outside. If you’d like to try and ...

Designed by Nova Radio Labs in the US, the Novaduino Environmental Sensor Kit is an Arduino-programmable air quality and ...

[mircemk] shows how to create a simple non-contact proximity sensor using little more than an Arduino Nano board, and a convenient software library intended to measure the value of capacitors. The ...

I recently had to build an infrared close proximity sensor that could tell if something was dropped in a parcel delivery drop box. After some searching, I ended up using a microcontroller and a piece ...

Adafruit has this week announced the arrival of the new VL53L0X Time of Flight Distance Sensor which is now available to purchase directly from their online store priced at $14.95. The new VL53L0X ...

Developers, makers and hobbyists building projects requiring distance sensors may be interested to know that the new Garmin’s LIDAR-Lite V3 is now available to purchase from online stores such as ...

Capacitive sensing isn't limited to your smartphone. In fact, you can use contact with human skin (or any other conductive surface) to trigger almost any circuit. And the Touch Board from Bare ...