KNOXVILLE, Tenn — For Bill and Jan Larson, road trips and travel have always been part of their lives. "We set a quest to do this, and we did it," Jan Larson said. After 58 years of marriage, the ...

The mechanical keyboard isn’t always so mechanical anymore. Over the past six years, keyboards with optical, Hall-effect, and other “contactless” switches have become increasingly common, often going ...

Members can download this article in PDF format. Traction inverters lie at the heart of today’s hybrid and electric (HEV/EV) vehicles. They had a humble beginning in the 1960s, though, when the shift ...

What is a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)? A QAPP is a written document that explains how organizations ensure – using quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) activities – that the data ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Lately, video game hardware manufacturers have been upgrading controllers with technology such as TMR and Hall effect sensors. You won't find ...

I became interested in technology at a young age and enjoyed discovering the latest innovations. While earning college degrees in publishing, I created several PC hardware and gaming websites. My ...

Clockwise from top left: Local 3144 Prez Gilda Herrera; challenger (and former prez) Malinda Figueroa; election committee member Velma George; sign from 2018 contract vote. Credit: Thomas Breen file ...

If you read about Hall effect sensors — the usual way to detect and measure magnetic fields these days — it sounds deceptively simple. There’s a metal plate with current flowing across it in one ...

A Hall-effect sensor is a transducer that converts a magnetic field directly into a usable electrical voltage. It enables engineers to perform non-contact measurement of shaft rotation, detect the ...