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• Encoder Velocity: A Common Miscalculation
  on Apr 12, 2016 in How-Tos encoder phidgets quadrature encoder sensor sensors
  Encoders are commonly used to track the position, velocity, and acceleration of motors and other mechanical objects. If you are new to the operation of encoders, please refer to the Phidgets Encoder Primer for information that may help in understand...
• How to Play Music on Motors
  on Jun 1, 2015 in How-Tos easy project how-to midi motors music project
  If you’ve ever played with motors, you’ve probably noticed their musical hum as they turn at different speeds, but have you ever thought of putting your motors to use as a musical instrument? While this project probably won’t be som...
• How to Control A 4-Digit 7-Segment LED Display Using Phidgets
  on May 4, 2015 in How-Tos display how-to LED
  Phidget user hammerstan set out to create a 5-digit display using a single multiplexed 7-segment LED display and minimal electronic components. Without having an extensive electronics background, he’s found using an IC/chips based method ove...
• Launching a Web Server for Home Monitoring
  on Apr 6, 2015 in How-Tos home automation how-to port forwarding sbc single board computers web server
  Last year we talked about setting up simple home automation. Building off of that, let's talk about setting up a web server on the SBC to share data on the world wide web.Read more ›...
• Find Us Featured on EEWeb.Com
  on Mar 19, 2015 in Uncategorized
  We’re pleased to be featured as EEWeb.Com‘s site of the day. Other featured sites have included MySensors.org, Hackster, littleBits and more. You can find us on the front page starting March 23rd, 2015, then look for our feature page at...
• Sensor Sunday: Wearables for Baby, Underground/Undersea Sensors, and Sensors in the Environment
  on Mar 8, 2015 in Sensor Sunday environmental sensors infra-red sensors smart cities
  There's a ton of sensor news this week covering all aspects of the technology. We'll look at city sensors, pipeline sensors and a few different environmental sensors. But first, let's talk about wearables for babies.Read more ›...
• Specialized Sensor Series #3 – RFID
  on Mar 2, 2015 in Products access control HF LF rfid specialized sensor series UHF
  The purpose of this series of blog posts is to highlight a specific class of unique sensors and walk through what options are out there and which ones will work with your Phidgets devices. This post discusses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) rea...
• Sensor Sunday: Wearable magnetic sensors, sensing escaped prisoners, preventing railway fatalities and more
  on Feb 8, 2015 in Sensor Sunday magnetic sensors seismic sensors sensor sunday smart cities
  This weeks sensor news comes from all over the world and from all fields. We'll start with the emergence of a new smart city, talk about a new sensor being developed and finish it off with some creative uses of senses that we've seen. Read on to find...
• 4 Projects You Can Do With Raspberry Pi and Phidgets
  on Feb 2, 2015 in How-Tos Java Raspberry Pi
  Connecting Phidgets to Raspberry Pi is increasing in popular. The Raspberry Pi allows Phidgets to work in more remote places where a user might not want to put a PC.Read more ›...
• Sensor Sunday: Sports Sensors, Pollution Sensors and Wine Robots
  on Feb 1, 2015 in Sensor Sunday agriculture earthquakes home automation sensor sunday superbowl vinyeard
  News this week is all about Super Bowl, and even sensors can’t escape being drawn into the media flurry. Plenty more sensor news is out there to cover including bike sensors, pollution sensors for marathon runners and much more! Footballers Fi...

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