At Sensors Expo 2014, Susan Adams, Vice President of Marketing and Sales for PNI Sensor Corporation discusses the company’s new SENtral™ Motion Coprocessor for mobile devices. To watch the video, click here. For more information about the SENtral™ Motion Coprocessor, click here.
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Sensor Fusion for Motion Detection
At Sensors Expo 2014, Mike Stanley from Freescale Semiconductor explains the company’s Xtrinsic Sensor Fusion demo. Software developed and improved over the last three years used with the company’s sensors allows accurate motion detection in handheld applications. To watch the video, click here. For more information about Freescale Semiconductor’s Xtrinsic Sensor Fusion, click here.
Alps Sensor Products Address Several Measurements
At Sensors Expo 2014, Yasuo Hayakawa, chief engineer of the MEMS Sensor Department at Alps Electric Co. explains the sensor products available from Alps that include UV (ultraviolet), RGB, humidity and temperature, pressure, 6-axis accelerometer and magnetometer. To watch the video, click here. For more information about Alps Sensors, click here.
Using Motion Sensors to Prevent Cycling Accidents
Designed by a cyclist, Useeme Bicycle Turn Signals target reducing accidents at intersections in urban areas where approximately 75% of bicycling accidents occur. When a rider uses a hand signal to indicate a turn, a wristband on that arm lights up. A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) motion sensor detects the hand movements and continuously adapts to […]
Unique Accelerometer Design Concept for Test Measurements
The Endevco PODs design from Meggitt Sensing Systems uses a single accelerometer form factor, devices with a variety of sensitivities and packaging mounting configurations or bases to accomplish several types of single and tri-axial measurements from a single measurement point. The design concept allows users to a make a verity of measurements in a test […]
Compact Inertial Sensors Address Several Automotive Applications
With its SMI7xy platform, Bosch provides four different, highly compact inertial sensors for automotive active and passive safety systems and driver assistance systems. The SMI720 and SMI740 sensors target basic applications and SMI700 and SMI710 sensors are for more demanding applications. All units are supplied in a compact BGA housing that measures just 7x7x1.5 mm3. […]
Fully-calibrated and Precise Inertial Sensors for Industrial Measurements
With its new 3DM-GX4 family of Inertial Sensors, LORD MicroStrain provides designers three options for industrial inertial measurements. Featuring a best-in-class 10°/hour gyro bias stability, the family integrates several additional system components. In addition toa triaxial accelerometer, triaxial gyro and triaxial magnetometer (except the 3DM-GX4-15), the sensors include temperature sensors and pressure altimeter as well […]
Sensor Webinar: Solving Common Sensor Application Problems
System designers face a surprising variety of sensing issues these days from continuously monitor factory machinery to making multiple measurements with limited space. Sensor suppliers recognize the challenges and with the help of in-house experts have designed solutions to solve these and other problems. The solutions get a lot easier to implement if the supplier […]
What Does a Microcut have to do with an Airbag Sensor?
When you hear the term microcut in the context of airbag sensors, it sounds like it would refer to a very fine cut occurring in the airbag. It actually means something quite different. In the PSI5 airbag network specification, microcuts are extremely brief interruptions in the power supply to the sensor following an impact. The […]
Piezoresistive Nanowire Technology Used for Inertial MEMS Product
Using piezoresistive nanowire technology, licensed from CEA-Leti, Tronics has manufactured the first piezoresistive nanowire 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) inertial MEMS device. On a chip less than 4 mm2, both triaxis accelerometers and triaxis gyroscopes have been fabricated. While this was the initial batch for this design, the company is encouraged and will continue its […]