Like typical sensors, they come as a pair and rely on a magnetic field to detect when a door or window is open, but Nest says it's built
a magnetometer into the unit that can also detect the speed at which it's opened.
Not exact matches
INEL plans to construct a multiple -
magnetometer scanner that could be incorporated
into the doorways of a building.
Its initial design included a
magnetometer that could have detected a field permanently locked
into the asteroid's crust when any early dynamo was active.
Then the xenon flows
into the smaller chamber, where its polarization is measured, using the rubidium atoms in the same chamber as
magnetometers.
He and Kent used a bandsaw to trim the samples
into sugar cube - size blocks and inserted them
into a
magnetometer, which measured the polarity of tiny grains of the minerals hematite and magnetite contained in the sediment.
Built
into the tablet are a few sensors that have become common on Windows tablets, but that aren't seen on laptops, such as a G - Sensor (accelerometer), Gyroscope, E-compass, and
magnetometer, providing all of the automatic screen rotation and positional awareness needed for many tablet functions and apps.
While the PlayBook supports a plethora of various sensors like a gyroscope and a
magnetometer (compass), hardly any developers have tapped
into the latter.
Despite their external sensor differences, both headsets utilize
magnetometers, gyroscopes, and accelerometers built directly
into the headsets to handle tilt tracking.
Instead, the device tracks the movements of the person through the two front - facing cameras built - in
into the headset, as well as a number of internal sensors including a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a
magnetometer.
Though, that's not it, as company has also activate the
magnetometer, therefore allowing developers to make full use of the Open SDK, which company provides since the Pebble Steel came
into existence.