At Sensors Expo 2015 in Long Beach, CA, Sam Nork, a design manager for Linear Technology explains the company’s power management ICs for energy harvesting applications. For more information about power management ICs for energy harvesting, click here.
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High Performance MEMS Gyro
At Sensors Expo 2015 in Long Beach, CA, Ariel Cao, director of business development for tronics microsystems discusses the company’s high performance MEMS gyroscope that achieves 1 degree per hour measurements. For more information, click here.
Simplifying the Design of a 9DOF Sensing Application
In Freescale’s Internet of Tomorrow traveling exhibit at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2015, held May 17-21 in Phoenix, AZ, Ray Montoya, a technical sales engineer at Freescale Semiconductor, explains the company’s newest 9 degree of freedom (DOF) sensing technology, computing and sensor fusion software in a sensor fusion toolbox (development platform). For more information, […]
Ambient Light Sensor for Thinner Wearable Products
With dimensions of 1.145 x 1.66 mm and a height of 0.32 mm, ams says its TSL2584TSV is the world’s thinnest ambient light sensor (ALS) with an outline and height that are approximately half the size of competing ALS devices. Through-silicon via (TSV) package technology accounts for the small package size and improves performance by […]
Home Monitoring System can See, Hear, Feel and Smell
Withings combined ams AG’s gas sensor with a 5Mpixel video camera, dual microphones, temperature and humidity sensors and Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® Smart radios in its Home monitoring system. The result is a system that can see, hear, feel and smell and alert the home owner though a smartphone or tablet app. The AS-MLV-P2 MEMS gas […]
Color Sensor For Mobile Devices
The ams AG TCS34901 color sensor for portable devices targets light source detection for operation under a wide range of light sources and enables sophisticated display management and brightness control. The light to digital sensor has five-channels for extremely accurate measurements of the Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) of light. In addition to the red, green […]
New digital load cells for packaging machines provide high performance of EFC sensors
HBM , Inc. (www.hbm.com), introduces its FIT7A digital load cell. The FIT7A load cell not only provides nearly the same speed and accuracy of Electromagnetic Force Restoration (EFR) sensors normally found in modern packaging machines, but it does so at 60 percent less cost. This new strain gauge-based load cell makes it possible to develop […]
Solving Multi-channel LVDT Measurement System Susceptibly to Cross Talk
When LVDT signal cables are bundled together or laid close to each other in a wire trough, even for short distances, the result can be a mutual interference phenomenon called heterodyning or “beating.” This effect is created when the frequencies of the oscillator in the individual signal conditioner driving the excitation signal to each LVDT […]
MEMS-Based Magnetic Reed Sensor Shrinks Even Further
Measuring only 1.11 mm3, Coto Technology Inc. says the RedRock RR100 sensor is half the size of its original design and the world’s smallest MEMS-based magnetic reed sensor. The single-pole, single throw (SPST) device with normally open ruthenium contacts can be actuated by an electromagnet, a permanent magnet, or a combination of both. The sensor’s […]
Dual Hall-effect Sensor Addresses Automotive Applications and More
When automotive engineers need a contactless sensor for measurements such as throttle position, pedal position and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) position, Hall-effect technology is a frequent choice. With the HAR 24xy linear Hall-effect sensor family, Micronas integrates two automotive-qualified die into an ultra-thin (<1 mm) TSSOP14-1 package. The two stacked die enable high-precision redundant measurements and […]