The CCD is the abbreviation of Charged Couple Device. This light sensor is very used to obtain images in digital cameras, telescopes and smartphones.
Category: Sensors
Self-healing materials for robots
Researchers developed self-healing gelatinous materials with salt, to be used in manipulator robots.
Rotary encoder: how it works and how to use it?
The rotary encoder looks like a potentiometer, but the operation is completely different. How it works and how to use it in Arduino are today’s subjects.
Thomson effect: what is it?
This post is the second part about thermoelectricity. Thomson effect is a reversible thermoelectric phenomenon and related to Seebeck and Peltier effects.
Amazonia-1: the Brazilian observation satellite
The Amazonia-1 is the first Earth observation satellite totally developed in Brazil. Its mission is to detect and monitor deforestation in the Amazon.
Unexplainable signals in XENON1T experiment
XENON1T is an experiment created to detect dark matter and hypothetical particles. Recently registered unexplainable events.
Photodetector based in quantum dots
Was developed a high efficiency photodetector based in quantum dots.
Hall effect: Operation and sensor
Today are shown how Hall effect works, a magnetic sensor using this phenomena and how o use it in projects with Arduino.
What are MEMS?
MEMS are abbreviation of Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems, are miniaturized electromechanical machines. An introduction to MEMS and some of its applications are today’s subject.