Avago's APDS-9120 proximity sensor combines a built-in signal conditioning IC, emitter and detector into a single package, which offers both analog and digital output options for easy installation.

Mobile device covers are commonly used and may be regarded as an undetermined additional overlay. With capacitive sensing, calibration could be critical to the accurate triggering of proximity sensors ...

Proximity sensors have been around on our phones for quite a while and apart from detecting the presence of a human ear, it also locks the screen when the phone’s in the pocket and enables ...

One of the major issues surrounding the iPhone 4 release this summer was the proximity sensor failing during phone calls resulting in muting, conference calling, and other inadvertent touch input ...

[mircemk] shows how to create a simple non-contact proximity sensor using little more than an Arduino Nano board, and a convenient software library intended to measure the value of capacitors. The … ...

The new Beauty software from Elliptic Labs seeks to obviate the omnipresent infrared-based proximity sensor with the help of hardware we already have on most of our phones. By sending out small ...

Proximity sensor Two tiny ICs and a few passive components can yield a capacitive proximity sensor with excellent sensitivity and extremely fast response time. The circuit’s operation leverages ...

Proximity mobile payment technology has become an important part of the shopping experience in recent years due to the steady technological progression of the method and rising adoption of the ...

Carlo Gavazzi is excited to introduce the new ICS Series E1-Rated Inductive Proximity Sensors. Specifically designed for the challenging applications on mobile equipment, these sensors offer unrivaled ...

Starting with Firefox 60 —expected to be released in May 2018— websites won't be able to use Firefox to access data from sensors that provide proximity distances and ambient light information.