He built this set of no-contact limit switches using a hall effect sensor. The small black package sticking out past the end of the protoboard is the sensor. It is used to detect a magnetic field.

The four displays are controlled by a single controller board, which houses an NXP K22FN512 microcontroller along with four stepper drivers and interfaces for the Hall-effect sensors needed to ...

Hall-effect sensors can still experience drift, Mokhtari said, but they’re much more resistant to the issue than potentiometer-based controllers because of their contactless nature. Hall-effect ...

Nintendo is still shipping the Switch with Joy-Con hardware that will potentially develop issues like joystick drift and ...

8BitDo is the latest peripheral maker to embrace it as such - the Ultimate 2 Wireless is just the third product available so ...

The peripheral maker has been making waves in the controller world lately, becoming one of the few brands that make ...

SK keyfoundry, an 8-inch pure-play foundry in Korea, announced today that it offers a new 3D Hall-effect sensor technology ...

Gamers always look for an edge or better aesthetics when it comes to keyboards. In the past, RGB lighting offered a way to stand out in a crowd while offering visual feedback. Size became a focus as ...

Factors accelerating the growth of the current sensor industry are the growing use of battery-powered systems and increasing focus on renewable energy, high adoption of Hall-effect current sensors, ...