This free app lets you play around with smartphone sensors you probably didn't know existed.

Presented as the first optical proximity sensor for portable personal devices like cell phones and laptops, the HSDL-9100-021 can be set to detect nonferrous objects at up to 60 mm. Consisting of an ...

The 1,1-mm thin APDS-9120 optical proximity sensor suits portable consumer electronics such as cell phones, PDAs, handheld games, and notebook PCs. It integrates a signal-conditioning IC, emitter, and ...

Today, most modern Android devices are kitted out with a bunch of sensors. You can use this information in lots of different ways – whether it’s monitoring light levels so your application can ...

Your Apple device is full of sensors. The main five consist of a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, an accelerometer, a magnetometer and a gyroscopic sensor. Also included in these devices are ...

The sensors in your smart device are a big part of what make it, well, smart. Sensors allow our devices to understand context— they tell phones where they are in space and how we’re using them. This ...

Touted as a new line of custom reed switch-based proximity sensors, the 5700 series sensors provide custom solutions for applications including door and lid sensing in laptop computers, cell phones ...