However, the configurable sensor analog front-end (sensor AFE) introduced by TI offers a highly integrated, single-chip solution to a wide variety of sensing applications, thereby solving the ...

[ladyada] has a freshly-published and amazingly thorough tutorial on passive infrared (PIR) motion sensors. Most often seen in security floodlights and automatic doors, in creative hands these ...

[Ladyada] has released this tutorial on using pressure sensors. They cover everything from the basics of their construction through how to connect and read data from them. The elegant sensor pictur… ...