If you love tinkering, ESPHome is a fantastic way to build custom smart home devices. This open-source firmware framework ...

Over the past three years, the Raspberry Pi has proved that a credit card-sized microcomputer can routinely surprise users with its sneaky power and capabilities. Of course, the only problem is that a ...

Sensor plays very important role in robotics and plant automation. One of the important areas in Industrial applications is Interfacing their output to the firmware. It is very important to understand ...

You no longer need to spend money on expensive smart devices. If you take your data’s privacy seriously and want your smart ...

ARPA-E’s SENSOR program seeks user-transparent sensor systems that accurately quantify human presence to dramatically reduce energy use in commercial and residential buildings. About 13% of all energy ...

In Montreal, bus and subway riders who use the transit system’s OPUS smart fare card and have a smartphone, can receive personalized coupons from stores and entertainment venues that are located along ...

In this installment of the Innovation of the Month series (read last month’s story here), we explore how Portland, Ore., is testing sensor pilots to help improve air quality monitoring, and then look ...

You can’t have a touch sensitive switch without a way to detect the presence of a finger! A touch sensor, especially a capacitive touch sensor, has some surprisingly sophisticated electronics to ...