It is a dust sensor by optical sensing system. An infrared emitting diode and an phototransistor are diagonally arranged into this device. It detects the reflected light of dust in air. Especially, it is effective to detect very fine particle …

In this article we look at a tilt sensor – this time its the RPI-1031 and we will connect it to an Arduino The RPI-1031 tilt sensor is capable of sensing a change in orientation in four different directions: forward, back, …

In this article we look at another digital humidity sensor – this time its the SHTC1 and we will connect it to an Arduino The SHTC1 is a digital humidity sensor designed especially for high-volume consumer electronics applications. This humidity …

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 …