Adjusting your suspensions with a Yocto-RangeFinder

By seb, in DIY, may 06,2026.

This week, we'll look at how to use a Yocto-RangeFinder to adjust the suspensions on a mountain bike.

How to sort objects by color?

By Tiago, in Measures and DIY, october 03,2025.

A few months ago, Yoctopuce launched a color sensor based on the spectral analysis of light. This module not only provides raw measures, but it also estimates the color of the object that produced the measured spectrum. As there is no mathematical formula directly applicable to this task, this feature has required a fair amount of experimentation to verify the reliability of the obtained results. Today, we present one of the test methods we used.

Building a machine status-indicating light

By martinm, in DIY and Programming, july 11,2025.

If you've ever visited a factory equipped with CNC machines, you may have noticed that each of them is usually topped by a curious light post. Far from being a gimmick, these indicators enable operators to check at a glance the status of each machine in the fleet, for example: "running", "error", "work completed/free". At Yoctopuce, we happen to need a similar system, but in miniature. Naturally, we decided to build it ourselves.

Monitoring a solar thermal system

By mvuilleu, in Measures, DIY and Internet of Things, june 06,2025.

If you've ever discussed photovoltaic solar panels with a proud owner, they will certainly have proudly shown you on their cell phone how much electricity they produce every day. With thermal solar panels, on the other hand, remote control is less widespread, as control systems are generally more primitive. So let's take a look at how you can add a simple monitoring system to your domestic water heating system, which could maybe save you a few hundred kWh a year...

Detecting whether an appliance is currently working

By martinm, in DIY and Measures, may 02,2025.

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.