Sensors

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Sensor Overview

  • Rotary Encoder
  • Strain Gauge
  • Photodiodes and Phototransistors
  • Hall Effect Sensor
  • Optointerrupter
  • Reed Switch
  • Sensing optical tape
  • Optoreflector
  • Limit Switch
  • Photocell
  • Thermistor
  • Microphones
  • Accelerometers
  • Ambient light color sensing
  • Adding a magnetic encoder to a GM3 Gearmotor
  • Global Positioning System
  • Adding an Encoder to Your Gearmotor
  • Quadrature decoding in hardware, or just counters
  • Quadrature decoding in software
  • Ultrasonic ranging
  • Reading RFID tags
  • Phase-Sensitive Detection
  • Lateral-Effect Photodiode
  • Optical Locating
  • Opto-isolators
  • Fingertip laser light sensor
  • Interfacing with a touchscreen
  • Interfacing with a mouse
  • Pressure Sensing
  • Resistive Touchscreen
  • Parallax GPS (Global Positioning System) Receiver Module
  • Potentiometers
  • Switch Debouncing
  • Interfacing with a Photodiode Array
  • Optics
  • Using a laser
  • Audio recording and playback
  • IR Target Illumination
  • Using the LS7166 Quadrature Counter
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