In this article we look a shield which allows you to connect an Arduino Esplora TFT LCD to an Arduino Uno or Mega The Graphic LCD screen is a backlit TFT LCD screen with headers. You can draw text, images, …

In this article we look at another acceleration sensor – this time its the BMA400 The BMA400 is the first real ultra-low power acceleration sensor without compromising on performance. Featuring 12-bit digital resolution, continuous measurement and a defined selectable bandwidth …

In this article we look at another sensor – this time its the LIS3MDL which is a 3-axis MEMS magnetic field sensor, digital output, I2C, SPI, low power mode, high performance The LIS3MDL has user-selectable full scales of ±4/±8/±12/±16 gauss. …

In this article we look at another absolute pressure sensor – this time its the LPS22HB The LPS22HB is an ultra-compact piezoresistive absolute pressure sensor which functions as a digital output barometer. The device comprises a sensing element and an …

In this article we look at a digital geomagnetic sensor – this time its the BMM150 BMM150 is a low power and low noise 3-axis digital geomagnetic sensor to be used in compass applications. The 12-pin wafer level chip scale …

In this article we look at a pressure sensor – this time its the LPS25H The LPS25H is an ultra-compact absolute piezoresistive pressure sensor. It includes a monolithic sensing element and an IC interface able to take the information from …

In this article we look at a BH1745NUC Luminance and Colour Sensor and connect it to an Arduino The BH1745NUC is digital color sensor IC with I²C bus interface. This IC senses Red, Green and Blue light (RGB) and converts them …

Another expensive visit to Aliexpress made me find this sensor listed by one of the vendors – it is a BMP388 by Bosch Sensortec, so lets crack on and try this out with an Arduino Uno again On with the …

In this article we look at yet another humidity and temperature sensor from TI – this time its the HDC2080 which we will connect up to an Arduino Uno Lets look at some of the technical information and data from …

In this article we look at an electret microphone which uses a MAX4466 op amp – you can buy these max4466 modules Lets look at what Maxim say about the MAX4466 The MAX4465–MAX4469 are micropower op amps optimized for use as …

In this article we look at an FSR from Open Smart – here is the information I have found on this module FSRs are basically a resistor that changes its resistive value (in ohms Ω) depending on how much it …

In this example we look at a MICS 5524 gas module The MiCS-5524 is a robust MEMS sensor for indoor carbon monoxide and natural gas leakage detection; suitable also for indoor air quality monitoring; breath checker and early fire detection. Detectable …