Hacker News with Generative AI: Sensors

Dan Gelbart Mec520 – Sensors and Actuators for Control Systems (youtube.com)
Making Electronic Calipers (kevinlynagh.com)
Have you ever wished for a 500 Hz, millimeter-precise linear position sensing system? Well you’re in luck — all you need is some circuit board, a basic microcontroller, and a wee bit of maths!
New tiny air-quality sensor you can put in your pocket or clip anywhere (lightyearinc.com)
Know the air you breathe wherever you go.
Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) Basics (te.com)
LVDTs provide reliable position measurement for applications in subsea, power generation, industrial automation, aerospace, test and measurement, and more.
Intel RealSense D421 offers low-cost depth sensing for robots (therobotreport.com)
Despite all the turmoil around Intel Corp., the company surprisingly expanded its line of Intel RealSense depth modules for robotics applications. Today, it introduced the entry-level Intel RealSense Depth Module D421.
Low Cost CO2 Sensors Comparison: Photo-Acoustic vs. NDIR (airgradient.com)
This article has been updated in September 2024 with new information about the Infineon photo-acoustic sensor as well as the performance of photo-acoustic sensors outdoors.
Show HN: Put this touch sensor on a robot and learn super precise tasks (any-skin.github.io)
We present AnySkin, a skin sensor made for robotic touch that is easy to assemble, compatible with different robot end-effectors and generalizes to new skin instances.
Geolocation of a helicopter from reflection in sensor ball (twitter.com)
Smart mask for exhaled breath condensate harvesting and analysis (science.org)
Launch HN: Synnax (YC S24) – Unified hardware control and sensor data streaming (ycombinator.com)
A quantum sensor for atomic-scale electric and magnetic fields (nature.com)
Zephyr: Implementing a Device Driver for a Sensor (bootlin.com)
Two ways to use an LED as a light sensor with Arduino (jgc.org)
Smartphone Camera Sensors: OmniVision, Samsung Isocell and Sony Exmor (2022) (ek.ua)
Imperceptible sensors can be printed directly on human skin (cam.ac.uk)
Wi-Fi devices set to become object sensors by 2024 via IEEE 802.11bf standard (theregister.com)
How to Determine the Error of an Air Quality Sensor? (airgradient.com)
Show HN: I made a new sensor out of 3D printer filament for my PhD (paulbupejr.com)