Using the Santa Cruz (MAXREFDES23#) ambient light sensor (ALS) from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM), factories can quickly configure and monitor multiple red, green, blue (RGB) and infrared (IR) ambient light sensors with the high accuracy required in industrial applications. To stay competitive and maintain high quality, modern factories must be agile, maximizing “uptime” […]
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Measure pH, ORP or Conductivity Values on Your Smartphone
Your smartphone has an accelerometer, gyroscope, and perhaps a magnetometer or pressure sensor but what else can it measure? With the Sensorex SAM-1 (for Smart Aqua Meter), you can measure and record pH, ORP or conductivity values. Compatible with both iOS (Apple) and Android smart devices, the portable meter enables accurate analytical measurements in the […]
Sensors Measure pH or ORP
Having alternatives is good. For swimming pool control, industrial, municipal and potable water applications, Sensorex’s S465 series sensors offer an alternative to Acu-Trol pH and Oxidation-Reduction Potential (ORP) probes. ORP sensors measure the ability of a solution to act as an oxidizing or reducing agent. Sensorex’s sensor technology delivers accurate measurement over a range of […]
New Programmable Digital Hall Effect Sensors
Melexis Technologies NV’s newest programmable digital Hall effect sensors have an integrated EEPROM. With this memory, the MLX92231 and MLX92211 magnetic switching thresholds (including hysteresis) can be configured to match a customer’s specific application requirements. The factory pre-programmed MLX92211 targets applications requiring Hall effect latch characteristics, while the MLX92231 supports applications for Hall effect […]
Higher Performance Load Cells from Measurement Specialties
Measurement Specialties (NASDAQ: MEAS), an expert in sensor design and manufacturing, has enhanced its series of ELAF compression and tension load cells to provide superior resolution and higher reliability, while remaining extremely cost-effective. The “four-bar” design of the sensors offers better stability and resistance to off-axis components than single diaphragm designs by incorporating a flexible […]
Motion Tracking Targets Always On Wireless Applications
Announced at CES 2014, the InvenSense ICM-20628 system on chip (SoC) boasts the world’s highest performance and lowest power fully autonomous 6-axis motion tracking solution. The single-chip design combines industry-leading gyroscope and accelerometer specifications with InvenSense third generation digital motion processing and algorithms while consuming less than 2mW. New features of the sensor include: Self-calibration […]
Wearable Connected Watch & Development Kit
Announced as the first of a kind at CES2014, MEMSIC’s sensor development kit (SDK) MMW-SDK allows system designers to add an integrated e-Compass to a connected watch. Meta Watch Ltd worked with MEMSIC to integrate the e-Compass into its MetaWatch family of smart watches. The e-Compass uses MEMSIC’s recently introduced MMC3416xPJ ultra low noise, low […]
Google’s Acquisition of Hardware Supplier Advances IoT Connectivity
With Google Inc’s announcement of its plans to acquire Nest Labs Inc, the Internet of Things (IoT) received a tremendous boost. Nest Labs makes smart thermostats and smoke alarms that have a high degree of connectivity. The Nest Protect smoke alarm uses six sensors: photoelectric smoke sensor, carbon monoxide (CO) sensor, heat sensor, light sensor, […]
Robust RFID data carrier with extra-large memory
Balluff has presented a new generation of data carriers, up to eight times faster than the standard, with extra-large memory of up to 128 kBytes at the SPS IPC Drives trade fair. These drives work up to eight times as fast as the standard ISO 15693, making them the ideal choice for track-and-trace applications with […]
Sense the Excitement – A New Year for Sensing
It’s January 2014 and that means that the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is happening in Las Vegas and attending companies including sensor suppliers will be announcing new products. For mobile applications, Bosch Sensortec announced the BME280 sensor that combines pressure, humidity and temperature measurement capability in a single package. An 8-pin metal-lid 2.5 x 2.5 […]