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Internet of Things (IoT)

Barometric pressure sensor targets mobile device apps

April 5, 2022 By Redding Traiger

Bosch Sensortec introduces the BMP581, a barometric pressure sensor that couples low power consumption with extreme accuracy to provide altitude tracking in wearables, hearables, or IoT devices. This capability makes it ideal for applications such as fitness tracking, fall detection, indoor localization, and navigation, enabling new use cases that were previously impossible. This extreme level […]

Filed Under: Biometrics, Consumer, Internet of Things (IoT), Pressure, Pressure Sensor, Sensors, Wearable sensing technologies Tagged With: Bosch Sensortec

What sensor measurements are made using buoys?

February 28, 2022 By Randy Frank

Buoys were historically employed as simple mechanical structures to identify a safe navigation route or mark hazards such as reefs and below the surface rocks. The addition of battery and lights brought an electrical aspect to them and increased their visibility at night. These days a buoy can be part of the Internet of Things […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Internet of Things (IoT), Wireless Tagged With: nexsens technology

How has sensing in industrial automation changed? (Part 3)

January 31, 2022 By Randy Frank

In Industry 4.0, another sensor-specific aspect that customers are asking for is packaging that can survive in different harsh factory environments. “When you’re putting them on an oil platform or in a factory or on a motor or in a steel mill or in a paper mill, in those really harsh environments, they need to […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Internet of Things (IoT), Pressure Sensor, Wireless Tagged With: TE Connectivity

Sealed tactile switch finds its sweet spot in price-sensitive applications

August 17, 2021 By Redding Traiger

C&K has developed a versatile sealed tactile switch suited for a wide variety of consumer, industrial, IoT, and portable electronic applications that require long operational life at a cost-effective price point. The EL tactile switch series combines common heights and actuation forces with a longer lifecycle than competitors at 200,000 cycles. An IP67 rating for […]

Filed Under: Consumer, Industry Standards/Specifications, Internet of Things (IoT), Limit Switches, Medical, Switches Tagged With: c&k

Tactile switch boasts 5 million cycles with 2.8N and 4N actuation force

February 25, 2021 By Redding Traiger

C&K has done it again – first introducing the revolutionary KSC Tireless Endurance (KSC TE) with 10 million cycles at 1.6N, the highest in the industry. Now C&K has launched a 5 million cycle version with higher actuation forces at 2.8N and 4N – again making these miniature tactile switches the highest lifecycle switches available […]

Filed Under: Industry Standards/Specifications, Internet of Things (IoT), Limit Switches Tagged With: c&k

Wide-bandwidth triaxial accelerometers monitor critical health of machinery

February 15, 2021 By Redding Traiger

Driven by an increase in factory automation and the Internet of Things, demand for sensors to monitor the critical health of machinery is rising. Downtime for these automated machines can be costly, making machine condition monitoring and predictive maintenance with sensors crucial to improving efficiency and equipment utilization. To address this need, TE Connectivity (TE) […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Health, Sensors Tagged With: teconnectivity

Petasense launches the first 3-in-1 industrial sensor with vibration, temperature and speed

February 1, 2021 By Heather Hall

Petasense, a producer of IIoT sensors and asset reliability and optimization, launched the first industrial wired sensor that combines vibration, temperature and speed detection into a single sensor. The Vibration Sensor (VSx) plugs into the Petasense Transmitter (Tx) to detect common failures in variable speed, batch or spared assets. Until now, these assets have been […]

Filed Under: Internet of Things (IoT) Tagged With: petasense, transmitter, vibration sensing

TDK introduces revolutionary MEMS-based CO2 gas sensor platform

January 8, 2021 By Redding Traiger

TDK Corporation announces the InvenSense TCE-11101, a miniaturized ultra-low-power MEMS gas sensor platform for direct and accurate detection of CO2 in-home, automotive, IoT, healthcare, and other applications. The TCE-11101 introduces new technology that expands TDK’s sensor leadership into new applications and solutions, as part of the new SmartEnviroTM family. Its small size and low power […]

Filed Under: Artificial intelligence (AI), Automotive, Development Tools, Gas Sensor, Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Health, Sensors Tagged With: tdkcorporation

MEMS humidity/temperature sensor boasts long-term stability

November 5, 2020 By Redding Traiger

Würth Elektronik has developed a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensor only 2 x 2 x 0.9 mm in size. Thanks to its low energy requirement and its calibrated and temperature-compensated digital output, the sensor measures humidity and temperature with long-term stability. The WSEN-HIDS humidity sensor is based on advanced MEMS technology: A dielectric polymer absorbs or […]

Filed Under: Development Tools, Humidity, Internet of Things (IoT), Temperature Tagged With: wurthelektronik

IoT Platform sports one-press activation, predictive alerts, false alarm filters

October 22, 2020 By Redding Traiger

Swift Sensors launches its new Series 3 wireless sensor system with significant improvements in wireless range, battery life, durability, and ease of deployment. Series 3, re-engineered from the ground up by Swift Sensors, incorporates cutting-edge BLE5 technology with the Nordic nRF52840 SoC’s on-chip cryptography, multi-protocol communication, and power management features: Three times the sensor range, […]

Filed Under: Gas Sensor, Industry Standards/Specifications, Internet of Things (IoT), Lighting, Pressure Sensor, Sensors, Vibration, Wireless Tagged With: swiftsensors

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