The sensors use the Hall effect, an electrical potential (the Hall voltage) that is developed between the two edges of a current-carrying conductor whose faces are perpendicular to an applied current ...

More and more keyboards and video game controllers employ Hall effect sensors, but what exactly is this technology? We break it down.

Hall effect proximity sensors are used to detect the proximity, presence or absence of a magnetic object using a critical distance. They function via an electrical potential that is developed across ...