Interaction Umeå Wiki

This is an attempt to collect information, documentation and code samples for interesting electronic components and various sensors.

Sensors:

• Distance/Proximity
  • Sharp IR range finders, info + comparison
• Temperature
  • Thermistor
  • Digital Thermometer
• Force
  • Force Sensitive Resistor (FSR), sparkfun, resistance changes depending on force applied on the pad.
  • Flex sensor, sparkfun, As the sensor is flexed, the resistance across the sensor increases.
  • Vibration/piezo
• Accelerometers
  • 3 axis analog,
• Light
  • Photocell, CDS, photodetector, Sparkfun, resistance changes depending on light intensity.
• Magnetic
  • Compass
  • Hall Effect Sensor
  • Reed Switches