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The Very Cool 1-Wire Barometer

Do you think is an extremely hard task to make a 1-Wire Barometer by your own? Well, you should think it twice, as you will try to make a 1-Wire Barometer today! Would you accept the challenge?
The aim for this project is to make a simple yet reliable 1-Wire barometer with reasonable pressure resolution.

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The Unbelievable Magnetic Rotary Encoder v1.0

Would you want to own a sensor, which can measure the rotation of the motor or even control it so that it goes to the position you want it to be? Well, is time for develop your own magnetic rotary encoder, where you can use it to measure the speed of motor and let it [...]

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The Good Helper for Pressure Sensor – DIY Force Sensitive Resistor (FSR)

Do you wish to have a thin, accurate and durable Force Sensitive Resistor (FSR) to help you to sense the surface pressure? Well, would you want to spend over $50 for just an adequate quality FSR, while you can DIY it with less than $20 here?

First of all, you have to prepare the require tools [...]

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It’s SwissFlow FlowSensor, Not a Swiss Roll!

Today, we are going to have a further look on this SwissFlow FlowSensor. Let’s me describe the details or functions for the components inside this project.
Square wave signal, which in between 50Hz and 2000Hz can be detected in the sensor. The measure frequency is divided by 10 and it’s measured in liter/minute.

The resistor R1 (2K2) [...]

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Implement a touch-switch decoder with no external components

Did you ever think about how cool it would be to connect a single capacitive touch sensor directly to CPLD and have a sensor ready to be used in any design. Well now it is possible with Altera MAX IIZ CPLD.

As capacitive sensors are cheap and easy to use, they are very popular in embedded [...]

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Cheap Rain Detector Sensor

With the help of this Cheap Rain Detector Sensor you can sense the occurrence of rain giving you time to close your windows and be prepared for the rains. This sensor automatically triggers on when it senses any rain droplets on its Sensor placed outside the room and makes an alarm or buzzer to go [...]

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Simple thermocouple amplifier

If you are making a project with remote temperature sensors and you are using thermocouple you definitely need a thermocouple amplifier. This circuit uses OP07 non inverting amplifier. The circuit has 50Hz filter to reduce reading jumps when hight three phase contactor operates. It also has industrial protection which protects open sensor in case the [...]

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