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You know that feeling you get when you’re really in the zone? The Phish bassist is creating a tool to capture that ...
2025 is the year of the Hall Effect gamepad: here are 10 mini reviews of recent favourites No matter what platform or price you prefer, we've got something for you.
Researchers suggest the bacteria could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, acting as sensors to help farmers monitor their crops.
Diodes Incorporated today introduces its first automotive-compliant* 3 D linear Hall effect sensor. The AH4930Q detects the magnetic field in the X, Y, and Z directions, allowing for reliable and ...
The Hall Effect is an important concept in physics and engineering, and it has many applications in sensors, switches, transducers, and devices.
Nintendo confirmed the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons don’t use Hall effect joysticks Nintendo of America says the Joy-Cons have been redesigned, but not with anti-drift Hall effect sensors.
After dealing with years of widespread reports of "stick drift" on the original Switch Joy-Cons, Nintendo watchers have been hoping the Switch 2 would make use of magnetic Hall effect sensors that ...
Hall effect sensors emerged a few years ago as a potential solution to the problem, but there’s an even better option out there that’s easier to retrofit into existing controller designs.
Hall-effect sensors can also be susceptible to magnetic interference, Mokhtari added, if they’re not properly shielded from magnets — which, by the way, Switch 2 Joy-Cons apparently use.
Magnetic Hall effect keyboards are taking over the market - here's what they do and whether you should be taking note.
Scientists say they may have discovered an exoplanet capable of supporting life. The planet, a super-Earth named HD 20794 d, is located just 20 light-years away.