A lot of new cars have fancy cameras on the rear bumper to help you parallel park. If your car doesn't have that feature, DIY blog Mad Science has put together a tutorial to roll your own sensor ...

I am trying to do latency tests for an electro-mechanical system. Basically, I want to touch a button and verify how much time it takes the system its connected to to register that touch. I've found ...

[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 ...

In an effort to make bike riding safer, DIYer Ben Heck builds this proximity sensor for bikes, that warns when you're getting too close to cars or other objects on the road. The final product is ...

Position Sensors play an important role in our daily lives. A position sensor, as the name indicates, provides feedback on the position of the measurand by detecting the presence/absence of an object ...

Of course, many different types of distance measuring sensors exist but not all sensors are the same. Each sensor has its own advantages and disadvantages. At its most basic level, a distance ...

Inductive sensors are non-contact proximity sensors that detect ferrous targets, ideally ones made of mild steel thicker than one millimeter. They consist of four major components: a ferrite core with ...