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I built an ESP32-powered presence sensor using only Bluetooth, here's how it works

For smart home deployments, there are a lot of ways to track the presence of individuals in a room. There are motion detection sensors that use mmWave and PIR, and you can also use simple detection ...
Electronics Weekly

Wi-Fi chip has (nearly) hidden Hall sensor

Would you believe it, the ESP32 popular Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip has a built-in Hall effect sensor. Espressif Systems makes the chip, and its ESP32 data sheet has nearly no mention of the Hall sensor ...
Hackaday

hall effect sensor

Recently, [Solder Hub] put together a brief video that demonstrates the basics of a Hall Effect sensor — in this case, one salvaged from an old CPU fan. Two LEDs, a 100 ohm resistor, and a 3.7 volt ...