Editor’s note: This article will be in two parts. Part 1 is component-related and Part 2 is applications. Please also see Planet Analog blog “LEDs Are Photodiodes Too” as an intro to this article.

This pulse oximeter is so simple and cheap to build it’s almost criminal. The most obvious way to monitor the output of the sensor is to use an oscilloscope. The poor-man’s stand-in for that is a ...

Marktech had revealed the latest in its line of sensors which combine many LEDs of different wavelengths with a photodiode. MTMD142345PDT38 has five LEDs at 1.04, 1.2, 1.3, 1.46 and 1.55μm, plus an ...

Sometimes people forget that light-emitting diodes can also detect light quite well. They're usable in a wide range of applications as inexpensive, readily available optical detectors. Typically, an ...

Phlux Technology has announced 1550nm avalanche photodiode with a 3.5GHz cut-off. Part of its existing Aura range, the speed increase comes from a reduced die size, down to 30µm from 80µm (1.8GHz) or ...

Reliable sensing in an automobile can make a trip that much more enjoyable. Something as simple as a reliable door closure indicator can remove distractions while driving, or better yet, quickly ...