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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

Tiny light/RG color and flicker detection sensor measures ambient light down to 1 flux

November 23, 2020 By Redding Traiger

AMS releases the TCS3410, a combined ambient light/RGB color and flicker detection sensor with a tiny 2 mm x 1 mm footprint, further expanding customer options for use in their bezel-less and ultra-narrow bezel smartphones. At just 0.5 mm high, the TCS3410 can easily fit in a waterdrop notch for the selfie camera or in […]

Filed Under: Ambient Light, Color, Development Tools, Machine Health, Mobile, Sensors Tagged With: ams

DLVR pressures sensors now available at Heilind Electronics

October 22, 2020 By Redding Traiger

Heilind Electronics has added the manufacturer’s DLVR Series mini digital output pressure sensor to its sensor offering. The DLVR Series pressure sensors offer a fully customizable, turn-key solution for design engineers looking for a digital pressure sensing device. Product highlights include an I2C or SPI output interface with a 14-bit internal resolution, 3.3 V or […]

Filed Under: Industry Standards/Specifications, Machine Health, Packaging, Pressure, Pressure Sensor, Products, Sensors, Wearable sensing technologies Tagged With: heilindelectronics

12 mm tactical switch provides soft sound with positive haptic feeling

October 22, 2020 By Redding Traiger

C&K has added a 12mm mid-travel tact switch with a soft sound and positive haptic feeling solution to its comprehensive tactile switch product offering. Featuring an industry-standard 12 x 12mm footprint, the high-reliability SFS Series is rated to sealed IP40 dustproof and supports up to 300K cycles. Simplifying integration into a broad range of custom […]

Filed Under: Automotive, Industry Standards/Specifications, Limit Switches, Machine Health Tagged With: c&k

Medical RGB-IR Image Sensor helps cut endoscope size

October 1, 2020 By Redding Traiger

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. announced the OH02A1S—the world’s first RGB-IR medical image sensor, which provides simultaneous white-light RGB captures and infrared monochrome captures in a single CMOS sensor. While endoscopic precancer and cancer detection procedures are performed using IR light, surgeons also need RGB light to confirm any abnormalities detected using infrared. Previously, this could only be accomplished […]

Filed Under: Color, Image sensing, Lighting, Machine Health, Optics, Products, Sensors, Temperature, Vision systems Tagged With: omnivision, OmniVision Technologies

What’s new in batteryless sensing?

September 17, 2018 By Randy Frank

To solve the problem of replacing batteries in ever-increasing wireless sensing applications in the Internet of Things (IoT), PsiKick has developed proprietary sensors called Smart Sense Nodes (or S2Ns) that employ ultra-low-power digital and RF circuit technologies. The S2Ns are powered by energy harvested from heat or indoor lighting that eliminates the need for a […]

Filed Under: Data transmission, Energy Harvesting, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Health, Smart Sensors, Wireless Tagged With: PsiKick

How do sensors make a smart crane safer?

May 30, 2018 By Randy Frank

Watching a crane operator elevate and transport a heavy load over a significant distance to a precise location with an articulated crane is always a fascinating and thought-provoking activity. With today’s concerns about job safety, how is safety handled in this process? Safety begins with the skill of the crane operator but today’s sensors and […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Encoder, Featured, Force, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), GPS (Global Positioning System), Gyroscope, Inclinometer, Load cell, Machine Health, MEMS Sensor Technology, Pressure Sensor, Temperature, Vibration, weight

Detecting Machine Health

June 24, 2015 By Randy Frank

At Sensors Expo 2015 in Long Beach, Brian Fuller from ROHM Semiconductor explains the machine health monitoring demo using Kionix 3-axis accelerometers. For more information about Kionix 3-axis accelerometers, click here and select industrial.  

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Machine Health, MEMS Sensor Technology

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