Thanks to the iPhone 4S teardown at iFixit, there may now be an explanation for why Apple restricts the Siri intelligent assistant feature to the iPhone 4S. Apparently, it is indeed a hardware related ...

Light-emitting diodes -- LEDs -- can do way more than illuminate your living room. These light sources are useful microelectronics too. Smartphones, for example, can use an LED proximity sensor to ...

[mircemk] shows how to create a simple non-contact proximity sensor using little more than an Arduino Nano board, and a convenient software library intended to measure the value of capacitors. The ...

Vishay has introduced a surface mount proximity sensor that can pick up objects 200mm away. Called VCNL30204, the 4.85×2.35×0.83mm devices includes lenses, an IR emitter, PIN photodiode, a 16bit ADC ...

Featuring Intersil’s Low Power Ambient Light and Proximity Sensor with Internal IR-LED and Digital Output, the ISL29044A. This device showcases an integrated ambient and infrared light-to-digital ...

Editors' Note: There is a photo associated with this press release. ZMD AG (ZMDI), a Dresden-based semiconductor company that specializes in enabling energy efficient solutions, today announces the ...

LEDs are used in all manner of projects and devices from living room lights to microelectronics. One example in a common device is the use of an LED proximity sensor in many smartphones. That sensor ...

[Dustin Andrews] built this add-on board which works as a proximity sensor. He wanted a standalone sensor for his Arduino projects which would use a single pin as a trigger. This lets him alert the ...

A non-contact proximity alarm developed by Standex Electronics integrates audio and visual alerts—when a trigger element nears the base element, it illuminates an LED indicator light and sounds and ...