USB Sensors and Actuators

Yoctopuce designs, manufactures and sells USB devices to let your computer sit in the real world. Our USB modules are tiny, easy to install and easy to drive programmatically. Among them you will find:

Application examples, hints and tutorials

New Python library, typed and asynchronous

This week, we present the beta version of our new Python programming library. It's a complete overhaul, taking full advantage of the developments in the Python language over the last few years.

Detecting whether an appliance is currently working

A customer asked us how to detect whether a washing machine is working or not. The first idea that comes to mind is to measure its consumption with a Yocto-Watt, but there are ways of doing things more subtly for less money.