According to the report, “3D Sensor Market by Type” the global 3D sensor market is expected to grow from USD 2.9 billion in 2020 to USD 10.0 billion by 2025, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.9%. The market researchers acknowledge that one of the main driving factors of 3D sensor market is […]
Sensor Fusion
How can you achieve a low power sensor node?
At Sensors Expo 2019 in San Jose, CA, Chet Jewan, Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Eta Compute, describes the demos in his booth. The sensor node consists of the Eta Compute ECM3531 application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a ROHM Semiconductor RF device and sensors – all running off of a small solar […]
What’s new in sensors for autonomous vehicles? Part 1
Tesla, one of the leaders in autonomous, self-driving vehicles boasts 8 vision cameras, 12 ultrasonic sensors and radar on all of the vehicles it is currently building according to recent company tweet. To make the right decisions by using the data from these sensors in the timeliest manner through sensor fusion, Tesla has developed a […]
How can asynchronous power produce longer battery life?
At Sensor Expo 2018, Paul Washkewicz, Vice-President of Marketing for Eta Compute explains how his company’s application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) uses asynchronous logic to lower the power to the microcontroller unit (MCU) to extend battery life. The ASIC is based on an ARM M3 and has a CoolFlux digital signal processor (DSP) from NXP in […]
Heilind Electronics stocking Standex Electronics reed switches
Heilind Electronics is now offering a broad variety of reed switches from Standex Electronics – a leading manufacturer of custom electromagnetic components and the world’s largest producer of reed switches. Standex’s portfolio includes a diverse selection of magnetic reed switches covering the majority of low power switching requirements. The switches are designed to carry as low […]
Sensor fusion: What is it?
Today, advanced sensing applications in smart phones and automobiles frequently use sensor fusion. However, advanced industrial applications such as sophisticated robots also take advantage of this technology. Sensor fusion is actually a subcategory of data fusion and is also called multisensory data fusion or sensor-data fusion. For location sensing in smart phones the data from […]
Where are the autonomous vehicle sensors?
At CES 2017, Cason Grover, Sr. Group Manager, Vehicle Technology Planning from Hyundai Motor America explains the vision and range sensors in Hyundai’s Autonomous Ioniq. The vehicle has one forward facing long range radar and three LiDAR units at the front and four cameras mounted inside at the top of windshield. Radar units at the […]
8-Mpixel sensor chip targets scientific imaging
New 8-megapixel IT-EMCCD device, integrated cooler option for family provide new capabilities for medical, scientific & surveillance imaging PHOENIX, AZ – ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON), continues to strengthen its position in low-light imaging solutions for industrial markets with the introduction of new products based on interline transfer electron multiplying charge-coupled device (IT-EMCCD) technology. The new […]
Fiber optic displacement sensor has measurement accuracy in the micron range
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto City, will introduce on April 1 the new confocal fiber displacement sensor ZW-7000 Series. Incorporating the new white light confocal principle(*2) of measurement, the ZW-7000 Series is a non-contact-type displacement sensor that can continuously measure the height of objects with various materials and shapes with an accuracy of microns while moving the […]
Small flexible candlestick sensor measures temperature and velocity
Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ATS) now provides the base-and-stem Candlestick sensor for simultaneously measuring air temperature and velocity when characterizing thermal conditions inside electronic systems. The Candlestick sensor is narrow and low profile, in heights of 9, 12 and 20mm. These features minimize the disturbance of airborne heat flow in the test domain for more […]
