Questions tagged [sensor]
Sensors convert a physical quantity (e.g. temperature, pressure) into an electrical signal.
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A sensor for jaw/mouth movements in a mask
The mask I'm trying to build will display different lighting patterns. The overall goal is to synchronize these patterns with a musical/dance performance, so there were two options: either hard-code ...
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How to detect many water balls pass-through a circle in the same time?
We got a request to design a counting circle.
The radius of the circle is 45cm, and it will be used to detect water-ball (L: 8cm W: 3cm).
I Googled a lot of ideas, everyone suggests using an ...
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PCB design for own customized sensors [on hold]
I am designing a PCB for my hobby things in which there are force sensors, some motor driver and connection for motors along with IMU on the PCB. So, my question is how can I verify that the sensors ...
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Connecting a resistive sensor to a BLE module
I'm trying to do a project in which I want to have a BLE module connected to a sensor(a resistive pressure sensor which has 0 or very high resistance based on whether pressure is applied or not)
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Sensor fusion using IMU sensor
How to do the sensor fusion using the 4 IMU sensors. Here, 4 IMU sensors are used to know the location of every point where the IMUs are placed?
I need the location of the every point on a 3D graph ...
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Understanding how to read output voltage of a current transformer sensor
I am try to understand how to read data from current transformer circuit. As reference i am reading on this 2 articles: Article1 and Article2. I do not have easy access to oscilloscope which make it ...
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What is the difference between the order LP filter + Op-Amp and Op-Amp + LP filter in practice?
I have issues explaining what really happens on my circuit. I'm trying to make a cardiofrequencemeter with a white LED and a phototransistor. Basically I light the phototransistor, and measure the ...
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Arduino to PC multi-sensor device
This us for a liquid-cooled computer or server.
Is it at all possible to ”daisy-chain” (possibly not the right term) multiple Arduino boards together for the following inputs?
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Magnetic sensor preamplifier using op07
I am using this circuit to amplify a sensor signal (220mV p-p) to about 5Vp-p and measuring by microcontroller ADC:
When I connect the input signal, the input voltage level goes up (changes from ...
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Detecting movement of a mechanical ring using optical sensors
I need help deciding on which sensor to use for my current home project. Basically I'm trying to replicate the Numio Control but at much cheaper cost. If it is successful I will publish the result ...
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Need help interfacing an ADC with a pressure transducer
I am trying to connect a pressure transducer which gives a 4- 20mA current output to an ADC which I believe can only take voltage inputs. How will I be able to read a current output from the ADC? Do I ...
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I need soil moisture sensor suggestions for my project [closed]
I have to measure soil moisture in my project. It should be as cheap as possible because i won't use only one soil moisture sensor. The most common sensor is this: Soil Moisture Sensor
I learned that ...
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MLX90632 eeprom write problem
I am using an MLX90632 (MLX90632-S-LD-BCB-000) infrared temperature sensor to build an application which reads an object's temperature among other things.
MLX90632 manual
The MLX90632 comes with a ...
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Limiting sensor input voltage without biasing measurement
I need to measure precise voltage in the range from 0.375 volt to 10.1 volts from a source with 100ohm impedance. Maximum voltage however, may be well above 10.1V, so I need to be sure I do not ...
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Choosing a current sensor based on mV per amp
I want to measure AC current with an Arduino-type device.
I am currently selecting a current sensor.
A 10 bit ADC gives 1023 points. At 5v that is 5v/1023 = 4.9mV
A current sensor with 185mV/A thus ...
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Calculate water pressure sensor current consumption
I have a Analog Water Pressure Sensor but I don't have tools to measure the current consumption or simulate pressure level in the sensor.
How can I estimate the current consumption when the pressure ...
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LSM303CTR 3-wire SPI and I2C - conceptual problem
I'm trying to interface LSM303CTR e-compass from ST-microelectronics with microcontroler. Due to design limitations I have to use 4-wire SPI.
This MEMS device has option to switch beetween 3-wire ...
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Read Data from Temperature Controller using MATLAB, Need Help
I am trying to read data from a temperature controller called ATR-401 using MATLAB's tool box called Instrument Control Toolbox but every time i try to read data from it i get an error "A timeout ...
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Reading data from Pressure Sensor
I am having trouble reading data from a pressure sensor using MATLAB. The pressure sensor is connected to an NI 9219 Analog Input Device. Firstly, i tested the device to make sure it is working using ...
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Does a robotic lawn mower sense that it is outside the perimeter wire? If so, how?
I have a robotic lawn mower. Sometimes if the grass is really slippery, the lawn mower can slide outside of the perimeter wire. When that happens, the lawn mower shuts down and I get a notification on ...
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Arduino Mega2560 as power source of 2W
I have a sensor which requires 24V supply voltage and 2W power consumption.
So, my plan is to use Arduino Mega2560 for power source of this sensor.
First of all, I would take MT3608 DCDC converter to ...
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Submersible electronics
I'm currently working on a hobby project that uses a MS5540C.
It will basically measure the water depth and temperature.
My general thinking was to encapsulate the whole thing (except the sensor) in ...
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Safety Rated Sensors [closed]
I am trying to find a safety sensor for a machine. The sensor should be safety rated as it will be used to detect if a cover is removed and will shut down robotics and uvc bulbs which is harmful to ...
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Is it possible to use an accelerometer as a route finder? [closed]
I have an ESP8266 and an accelerometer (MPU6050.)
When I place the accelerometer with ESP8266 in my gadget, is it capable sensor to draw the path of gadget travel (means to get the co-ordinates) ...
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Unable to read data from MCP9808 using i2c
I have a MCP9808 temperature sensor and a Raspberry Pi 3B plus. I had great success reading the temperature from this sensor via i2c on an Arduino Uno, but am not able to read the temperature with ...
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How to read current from a non invasive split core transformer AC current sensors
I was looking for a simple AC sensor and found this. It would seem to be a good option since it is not invasive. The problem is how do you read data from these type of sensors? Im having a hard time ...
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Why not specify the z axies in module pcb?
I have a 3 axis Accerelometer (MPU6050) PCB,
but the indication in PCB tells it has only X AND Y axis rotation, why??
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Hall IC current sensors can work for positioning measurement?
I recently posted a related question but this question seems to be requiring its own thread. There are available closed loop Hall IC current sensors which detects currents passing through conductors. ...
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Magnetic Linear Positioning with no magnetic disturbances at all
I recently saw a machine where it used a hall sensor or a magnetometer for linear positioning (the sensor is wrapped in some opaque protection so I don't know what it actually is which is the real ...
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How do I connect a bno055 chip to a Linux pc via an FTDI UART breakout sensor?
I want to create a C++ (or C) program that reads in a stream of Quaternion data from the bno055 Adafruit chip.
My set-up at the moment has an Ubuntu PC as the controller. Plugged into the PC is a ...
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What type of sensor to detect if an object passes through?
(Sorry for my bad English)
Hello guys, I need your help since I have no idea about electronic stuff.
I have a table soccer and want to install motion sensors in the goals, so whenever the ball ...
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Practical considerations using Ethernet bus for a large number of sensors?
I understand that an Ethernet bus design with hubs has largely been superseded by star topologies with switches and that is largely due to the issues of collisions. However, I am interested in ...
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SPI vs Parallel interface for ADCs?
I need to use an ADC to convert analog signals from pressure and temperature sensors to a microcontroller (Teensy 4.0). I'm confused if I should use an ADC with Parallel or SPI interface. I'm ...
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Mid-Infrared sensor cover (not PIR)?
I came across this great little sensor (AK9750), which can detect people in 4 directions with a good range of about 2 meters. However, its spectrum sensitivity is between 5000 and 7000 nm, which is ...
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Measure benzene with an Arduino [closed]
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I need to measure the concentration of Benzene in air. I have an Arduino Zero to read analog or digital value.
I found out the sensor MQ-135. The problem is that, if I'm right, the sensor reacts ...
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How to connect multiple sensors to single PLC input?
Hello. I have a scenario where I have multiple PNP "error signal" from several sensors (let's assume 3 for now). If the sensor output is HIGH, then there is error. If the sensor output is LOW, then ...
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STM32H7 on-chip temperature sensor reading stable on 'Y' revision, but unstable on 'V' revision chip
using the STM32H753VIT6, I like to monitor the on-chip temperature sensor.
The environmental temperature can become about 50 degrees Celsius, and the board is housed is a small plastic (DIN-rail) ...
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How do you avoid mixing CHASSIS GND and sensor GND when reading a sensor?
So I'm aware that in some systems they have different circuits with different grounds. For example, cars have at least a chassis ground and a sensor ground, and there is a measurable difference ...
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capacitive displacement sensor calculation
while studying this certain types of problems with capacitive displacement sensors I came across one in particular that I am pretty much stuck.
The whole problem is explained in following text and ...
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Which one of these DS18B20 temperature sensors is fake?
A while back I bought two DS18B20 for half price, and today I bought another one for double the price. The part number on the cheaper one is printed while on the expensive one it's laser etched:
On ...
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Help with understanding the Memory Map of MLX90393
(Using a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ and python)
I needed some assistance in understanding the memory map of MLX90393
I've attached the memory map here and you could also find it in the datasheet.
I'm a ...
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SEN0192 Microwave Doppler sensor sensitivity
I've integrated this doppler microwave detector to a raspberry pi 3 b+ and have been bench testing it -- and it works fine waving my hand in front of it.
I've now moved it to the area where it needs ...
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Did I damage my temperature sensor?
The sensor is a DS18B20, I accidentally connected the positive and negative inverted to the sensor and it became very hot then I quickly disconnected the power.
I don't have any other calibrated ...
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Is ok to use a CMOS Analog multiplexer with voltage from a sensor as an input?
So, I got an analog circuit with an IR sensor that generates a voltage in output. The voltage is a measure that must be read with a microcontroller (I use Arduino Zero). This is the sensor.
As you ...
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Weird component in load cell Wheatstone bridge
While trying to repair a cheap digital kitchen scale, I came across this component (see picture below). AFAICT, this is 95% identical to the standard Wheatstone bridge interconnect for combining 4 ...
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Sensor to focus a robot on a welding line. (PLC robotics)
I'm searching for a way to recognize a welding line in an area. When the line is recognized, a small robot needs to follow the line.
I searched the web already and spoke with some sensor suppliers. ...
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How can I make an object with curved surface touch sensitive with Arduino?
Is there a way to make a "ball" (or an object with curved surface) touch sensitive? I want the ball to do something when someone touches it with their hand.
So, currently I got an object out of ...
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The lifetime of a WSN [duplicate]
What formula(s) should be used to determine the lifetime value of a wireless sensor node, charged up by a supercapacitor(its capacitance value its known), with a given power/energy consumption? It is ...
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3.3V very low power consumption buffer for sensor output
I'm designing a portable Ozone meter with an Arduino that read the data from the sensor and send it via LoRaWAN. I've found out this sensor that seems perfect for what I need.
My device runs at 3.3V ...
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Struggling to find a sensor to detect water depth that suits my purposes
I am new to finding sensors and not familiar with good resources to find what I need, so the answer may be simple.
I have a small tank that I am controlling the water level in. However, the depth ...
