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APDS-9960

The APDS-9960 is a multipurpose sensor that can be used for Ambient Light, RGB Sensing, Proximity Sensing, and Gesture Detection. It has been used in Samsung’s Galaxy S5 earlier and is used in many mobile phones as a proximity sensor.

German Board Game: Mensch rgere Dich Nicht

“”Mensch rgere Dich nicht!” is a popular German board game that I always used to play with my family. My idea was to make this traditional game interactive with a gesture sensor, servos, sound and LED strips. By pressing the …

Control your TV using The Force!

“In this project I’ll show you how to build a gesture-controlled remote so you can turn on and control your TV using “The Force!” I partnered with Verizon for this video to show you from start to finish how …

Smart Bed Side Lamp for Patients

“Measuring things are easy but keep track on them are hard. When we sick doctor ask us to measure the body temperature and record it but we are very reluctant do so. It is not just temperature but blood pressure …

Moving LED Eyes Using a Range of Inputs Including Gesture Control

“During the COVID-19 pandemic Melbourne has been under some of the strictest lockdowns in the world, which has essentially meant that I’ve had lots of spare time to learn something new. So I’ve decided to turn my …

ulab: Crunch Numbers fast in CircuitPython

“What is ulab ulab (pronounced “micro lab”) lets you perform number crunching tasks in CircuitPython more quickly, often around 10x as fast. This can be very handy when dealing with sensor data, as we’ll see below. Right now, you …

ESP32 Smart Home Hub

“Use an ESP32 to control anything from stepper motors to LED strips with easy-to-use and modular code. It can connect locally or externally. Idea Creating a system that can handle large amounts of sensor data, have multiple outputs, and connect …

NeoPixel Animation with Gestures

“In this tutorial we’re going to play with a gesture sensor and a NeoPixel ring to learn how to combine them both using an Arduino. Story In this tutorial, we’re going to play with a gesture sensor (APDS …

Controlling a Neopixel Led Ring With a Gesture Sensor

“In this tutorial we’re going to play with a gesture sensor (APDS-9960) and a neopixel ring to learnin how to combine them both using an Arduino UNO. The end product will respond to left - right gestures by animating …

IoT Desktop Console. Part : 11 IoT, Home Automation

“Preamble This article, the 11th in a series on home automation documents how to create and integrate an IoT Desktop Device into an existing home automation system including all the necessary software functionality to enable the successful deployment within a …

NonBlocking APDS9960 Gesture Sensor Implementation

“Preamble This Instructable details how to create a non-blocking implementation of the APDS9960 Gesture Sensor using the SparkFun_APDS-9960_Sensor_Arduino_Library. Introduction So youre probably asking yourself what is non-blocking? Or even blocking for that matter? More importantly why is it important to …

Nevma: Gesture Control for the Masses

“Working at Delphi (soon Aptiv) allows me the luxury of being immersed in a high-tech and innovative environment that provides constant inspiration for creating new and exciting gadgets. One day, some colleagues mentioned gesture control being one of the recent …

Uware: a DIY AR Headset

“Whats up everyone!Does anybody remember Google Glasses? No? It’s okay, Google probably doesn’t remember them either. Maybe because it was over priced or that they marketed to everyone or maybe just because you had to say, “take …

Control the Arduino With Gestures

“Hi there! Today we are going to make a Gestrure Controlled Arduino! So, we want to when we slide our hand to left, see the ”LEFT” word on the 5110 screen. So with this Arduino code we will learn the …