Donna Sandfox, MEMS product manager with Omron Electronic Components discusses the company’s thermal IR Sensor at Sensors Expo 2011. With eight microelectromechanical system (MEMS) chips in the sensor, the D6T-8L can determine occupancy for several building automation, commercial and consumer applications. The sensor is in development so for more information consult Omron Electronic Components. To […]
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Touch Sensing Demonstration
The Embedded System Conference was held in conjunction with Sensors Expo 2011 in Chicago. Rob Ostafia, Group Leader Curriculum Development at Microchip Technology explains the company’s products for capacitive touch sensing through several demo boards. For more information about Microchip Technology touch sensing, click here. To watch the video, click here.
Infrared Temperature Sensor Monitor
At Sensors Expo 2011, an expert from Dexter Research shows Sensor Tips’ Randy Frank the company’s infrared TSM temperature sensor module monitoring soil and leaf temperature. The TSM has better than 0.5°C repeatability in the 0-50°C range. For more information about Dexter Research TSM, temperature sensor module, click here. To watch the video, click here.
Non Contact Temperature Sensing for Industrial Applications
At Sensors Expo 2011, Wayne Baer from Dexter Research shows Randy Frank the SLA64. The device is a 64-channel linear thermopile array for non contact temperature sensing in industrial applications. For more information about Dexter Research products, click here. To watch the video, click here.
Thermal Energy Harvesting Using Nextreme’s Thin-film Technology
Jim Mundell, chief operating officer of Nextreme Thermal Solutions demonstrates the company’s thin film energy harvesters to Randy Frank at Sensors Expo 2011. Nextreme’s Thermobility WPG-1S Wireless Power Generator was a best of Sensors Expo winner in 2011. The thermal energy harvester takes advantage of Texas Instruments/ Cymbet Energy Harvesting Development Tool. To watch the […]
Sensors Enable Portable Healthcare Innovations
Sensors as well as communication ICs and microcontrollers provide the enabling technologies for several new innovations in healthcare. A Kalorama Information Dec. 1, 2010 report estimates that the global market for medical mobile apps hit $84.M in 2010, increasing more than 2X its 2009 level of $41M. This is just the downloadable software portion of […]
Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvesting
Roy Freeland, president of Perpetuum discusses the company’s applications of vibration energy harvesters by well-known companies at Sensors Expo 2011. The company’s products, including its PMG FSH free-standing energy harvester, are used by companies including National Instruments, GE Bently Nevada, Emerson Rosemount, Honeywell, Siemens and more. For more information about Perpetuum vibration energy harvesters, click […]
Vibration Energy Harvesting Using Piezoelectronics
Attila Lengyel, chief operations officer for Mide Technology Corp. discusses his company’s Volture vibration energy harvesting technology and an application demo to Randy Frank at Sensors Expo 2011. The Slam Stick vibration recorder measures and stores 3-axis vibration and software available from the company’s website allows users to interpret and analyze the data. For more […]
Thermal Energy Harvesting for Sensors
At Sensors Expo 2011, Robin McCarty, an R&D engineer at marlow industries explains the company’s thermal energy harvesters. The company’s products support water-to-water, water-to-air and solid-to-air thermal energy harvesting. For more information about marlow industries thermal energy generators, click here. To watch the video, click here.
Making High Temperature Rotation Measurements
Jeff Watson, a systems applications engineer in the High Temperature Strategic Marketing Group of Analog Devices, explains the high temperature measurements in ADI’s demo at Sensors Expo 2011 to Randy Frank. With the 175°C rated ADXL206 accelerometer and the 210°C rated AD8229 instrumentation amplifier, rotation can be measured inside an oven. For more information about […]
