Mold-Align® is a new tool from Sensor Products Inc. (Madison NJ USA) that helps improve yields and reduce defects in the injection molding process. It comes in rolls from which you cut a sheet of the amount you need and place between the mold halves. The paper instantaneously changes color to reveal how pressure is […]
Archives for November 2010
Honeywell’s Zephyr Airflow Sensors Now Offered with an Analog Output
The normal progression for sensor products has historically been: introduce an analog sensor and then a digital version. Honeywell has reversed the order with Zephyr Airflow Sensors. Since introducing the digital version in April, the company recently launched an analog version. Designed for customers that are either replacing legacy analog parts or who prefer to […]
Accelerometer Targets Advanced Automotive Airbag Applications
Accelerometers for automotive airbag systems showcased the potential for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors when they were first introduced almost two decades ago. With airbags standard on US and other regions’ vehicles, and several sensors used in these systems, the application continues to spawn product advancements. Most recently, STMicroelectronics introduced a new family of high-g acceleration […]
Proximity Sensing Wakes Sleeping Display
At Convergence 2010 in Detroit, Mich., Atmel’s Stephan Thaler shows how proximity sensing enhances a vehicle’s environment and easily activates a sleeping display. For more information on Atmel’s maXTouch technology and proximity detection, click here. To watch the video, click here.
Proximity Sensing in a Vehicle’s Center Stack
At Convergence 2010 in Detroit Mich., Freescale Semiconductor’s Lydia Ziegler demonstrates how a software library controlled touch sensing can be used for slider and rotary switches in a vehicle’s center stack. The capacitive sensing uses simple metallic electrodes and the software completes the system. The software is an integral part of Freescale’s Xtrinsic touch sensing […]