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The Melexis MLX90514 inductive sensor delivers high-precision position sensing, while reducing system complexity.

[Tony Messina] had been fascinated with bat’s echolocation since he was a kid. After he retired, he decided to act on this fascination and built a simple bat detector. The simple bat detector uses ...

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Looking for an educational microcontroller board to get you or a loved one into electronics? Consider the tinyCore – a small ...