At CES 2017, Paul Ruelos from Neofect demonstrates the occupational benefits to stroke victims and others who have neurological disorders from the company’s Rapael smart glove. Using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) bending and axis sensors in a flexible exoskeleton glove combined with the company’s Rapael software and a graphical user interface, the system collects range of […]
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Customized transducer for differential pressure applications
The UTD20 is a customized transducer that features a piezo-resistive silicon sensor for differential pressure applications. Outputs are voltage or UART digital. Measuring ranges from 0 to 1.5 bar–the measuring range and zero set point can be set. Accuracy is < ±0.5 % of the nominal range (total performance) and temperature range is from -40 to 85° C. Other features include: • Sensor preconfigured […]
Solid State Oxygen Sensors Use Optical Technology
Zirconia is commonly used for oxygen sensing. In addition to this technique, SST Sensing Ltd. has added the LuminOx family of optical oxygen sensors to its product offerings. The sensors use fluorescence quenching by oxygen where pulsed light is directed onto an oxygen-sensitive fluorescent dye causing it to fluoresce. The rate at which this fluorescence […]
Angular Position Sensors with Analog or Digital Output
Depending on the version, Novotechnik, U.S. Vert-X 2800 Series of sensors measure angular position and convert rotational angle into an analog or digital output. Analog outputs options are 4 to 20 mA, 0.1 to 10 V, 10 to 90% of supply voltage and 5 to 95% of supply voltage. Digital output choices are SPI or […]
No Contact- No Wear Angle Sensors
Novotechnik, U.S. RFC4800 Series of touchless angle sensors can measure angular position up to 360° for a revolution counter and speed measurements. The RFC4800 Series of Hall Effect sensors includes programmable zero point offset, measurement averaging and sign of rotational direction and has a resolution of 14-bits across 360°, repeatability of 0.36° and independent linearity […]
Environmental Sensor Kits for Improving Indoor Air Quality
Monitoring indoor air quality (IAQ) is an essential aspect of a smart (or any) building’s heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC ) system – especially as the sealing to minimize cooling or heating leakage has improved. One recent study found that well-ventilated offices with below-average levels of indoor pollutants and carbon dioxide (CO2) resulted in […]
Smart Helmet Employs Force Location Sensing
In its Smart Helmet Sensor System, BeBop Sensors claims the first helmet system employing a Force Location Sensor System. The company’s flexible fabric sensors provide high resolution, location-specific impact information. In addition to sensing velocity thresholds, a latticed array of over 40 sensors embedded in the helmet liner, gives it the ability to track the […]
Highly Accurate Relative Humidity and Temperature Sensor IC
Having two sensing functions in a single package is advantageous for space- and power-constrained designs. With its ENS210, a highly accurate relative humidity and temperature sensor IC, ams AG achieves these goals. The sensor has a digital temperature output in Kelvin, accurate to a maximum ±0.2°C over the range 0°C to 70°C and a digital […]
MEMS Microphone Employs Energy Harvesting
At the MEMS & Sensors Group Executive Conference in Scottsdale, AZ, Matt Crowley, the CEO of Vesper Technologies, demonstrates his company’s wake on sound MEMS microphone. The VM1010 prototype uses the piezoelectric MEMS microphone as a piezoelectric energy harvester for saving power with an always on voice mode. For more information, click here.
Demonstrating Sonar on a Chip
At the MEMS & Sensors Group Executive Conference in Scottsdale, AZ, Dave Horsley, Co-Founder and CTO at Chirp Microsystems demonstrates the capabilities of his company’s sonar on a chip (an ultrasound transceiver and microprocessor in a single 8-pin LGA package). The chip uses time of flight measurements for accurately detecting gesture recognition and proximity while […]