Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

When it comes to rotary encoders, there are plenty of options. Most of them involve putting a credit card number into an online vendor’s website, though, and that’s sometimes just not in the cards. In ...

Rutronik Adapter Board RAB7 is an open-source hardware Arduino shield designed for AI-powered Sensor Fusion with seven environmental and inertial sensors from Bosch, Infineon, and Sensirion. The ...

Insight on Diodes Inc.’s first automotive-compliant 3D linear Hall-effect sensor. How it allows for reliable and high-precision contactless rotary motion and proximity detection. Application targets ...

Diodes’ AH4930Q sensor detects magnetic fields along the X, Y, and Z axes for contactless rotary motion and proximity sensing. As the company’s first automotive-compliant 3D linear Hall effect sensor, ...

The dial control atop Alarmo uses a magnetic Hall effect sensor for improved accuracy and durability. The dial control atop Alarmo uses a magnetic Hall effect sensor for improved accuracy and ...

Plus, why he still gets “chills” thinking about his “big brother” John Hughes. Actor Anthony Michael Hall is one of the most memorable members of “the Brat Pack,” a group of 80s actors (Robert Downey ...

Actor Anthony Michael Hall is one of the most memorable members of "the Brat Pack," a group of 80s actors (Robert Downey Jr., Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald) who seemingly had a monopoly on coming-of-age ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Sensing current, especially in higher-voltage settings, is often a challenge. It’s generally more difficult than voltage sensing, as it is usually “invasive” and requires “breaking” into the ...