Translator for electrons

It's always hard to relate to people exactly what it is that I help make at my work.

This artical has a good explanation.

"Faint fluctuations in that charge, as small as that of 10 electrons, are picked up by a chip that translates it into an understanding of how the controller is moving."

That's the chip that I help make. it translates the raw signals from these sensors into something a computer can understand.

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