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Barometric pressure sensor targets mobile device apps

April 5, 2022 By Redding Traiger

Bosch Sensortec introduces the BMP581, a barometric pressure sensor that couples low power consumption with extreme accuracy to provide altitude tracking in wearables, hearables, or IoT devices. This capability makes it ideal for applications such as fitness tracking, fall detection, indoor localization, and navigation, enabling new use cases that were previously impossible. This extreme level […]

Filed Under: Biometrics, Consumer, Internet of Things (IoT), Pressure, Pressure Sensor, Sensors, Wearable sensing technologies Tagged With: Bosch Sensortec

Eval board for MEMS sensors features BLE connectivity

September 7, 2021 By Redding Traiger

The newly launched Application Board 3.0 provides a versatile development solution that makes it quick and easy for engineers to work with all Bosch Sensortec sensors on one common platform. The new board simplifies the evaluation and prototyping of sensors for a wide range of applications, particularly in Industry 4.0, IoT, Smart Home systems, and […]

Filed Under: Development Tools, IoT, Sensors, Wearable sensing technologies Tagged With: Bosch Sensortec

4-in-1 MEMS sensor measures gases, humidity, temperature and barometric pressure

March 1, 2021 By Redding Traiger

Whether at home, in the office, or outdoors, we need to be confident that the air around us is clean and safe to breathe – COVID-19 has clearly highlighted the importance of air quality. Due to the particulates, gases, and even airborne viruses ubiquitously present in our modern environment, poor air quality has an increasingly […]

Filed Under: Artificial intelligence (AI), Biometrics, Covid-19, Gas Sensor, Humidity, MEMS Sensor Technology, Pressure, Pressure Sensor, Sensors, Temperature Tagged With: Bosch Sensortec

IMU Targets Tight Spaces

August 15, 2014 By Randy Frank

At Sensors Expo 2014, Marcellino Gemelli, director of Marketing and Business Development at Bosch Sensortec discusses the company’s BMI160, the smallest, lowest power inertial measurement unit (IMU) that uses an accelerometer and gyroscope for wearable applications. To watch the video, click here. For more information about the BMI160, click here.

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Gyroscope, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Tagged With: Bosch Sensortec

Sense the Excitement – A New Year for Sensing

January 7, 2014 By Randy Frank

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Humidity, MEMS Sensor Technology, Pressure, Temperature Tagged With: Bosch Sensortec

Kit Provides Sensors and Sensor Fusion Development Tools

April 24, 2013 By Randy Frank

Called a development ecosystem with sensor fusion technology, Texas Instruments’ Sensor Hub BoosterPack is a plug-in daughter card for its ARM Cortex-M4 microcontroller (MCU). TivaWare software shipped with board enables measurement of pressure, humidity, ambient and infrared (IR) light along with temperature and motion (including acceleration, orientation and compass). Sensors on the board include: •             […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Gyroscope, Magnetic sensor, MEMS Sensor Technology, Motion, Photoelectric, Pressure, Sensor Fusion, Temperature Tagged With: Bosch Sensortec, Intersil, InvenSense, Sensirion, Texas Instruments

Tracking Motion in Portable Products -2

January 16, 2013 By Randy Frank

Augmented reality (AR), more immersive gaming, personal health and fitness, indoor navigation and other appliances requiring context awareness can take advantage of advanced motion sensing technology. At the 2013 International CES, several companies announced new products to address these applications. Bosch Sensortec describes its BNO055 as the first in a family of Application Specific Sensor […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Gyroscope, Magnetic sensor, MEMS Sensor Technology, Motion, Packaging, Sensor Fusion Tagged With: Bosch Sensortec

Achieving Industry Milestones for Accelerometers

January 14, 2013 By Randy Frank

At the 2013 International CES, 3-axis microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers were among the new devices that suppliers introduced to help electronics companies include new features in portable consumer electronics products. With the differentiation that MEMS technology can provide and the intense competition in the MEMS area, it is tough to achieve an industry leading milestone, […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, MEMS Sensor Technology Tagged With: Bosch Sensortec, Kionix

9-Axis IMU Boasts Market-Leading Performance

November 13, 2012 By Randy Frank

With the introduction and current sampling of the BMX055, Bosch Sensortec’s 9-axis (accelerometer, gyroscope and geomagnetic) sensor is the first available with all components developed and manufactured in house. The inertial measurement unit’s (IMU’s) footprint of 3.0 x 4.5 mm2 makes it the smallest on the market, too. Using the company’s FusionLib sensor fusion software […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Gyroscope, Magnetic sensor, Motion Tagged With: Bosch Sensortec

Triaxial Magnetic Field Sensor in 1.56 x 1.56 x 0.6 mm Package

August 23, 2012 By Randy Frank

A Wafer-Level Chip-Scale Package (WLCSP) allows remarkably small packaging dimensions. Bosch Sensortec used WLCSP for its BMM150 triaxial magnetic field sensor and achieved a footprint of only 1.56 x 1.56 mm2 and a height of just 0.6 mm. With a height of only 0.6 mm, the sensor can be placed in the edges of the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Magnetic sensor Tagged With: Bosch Sensortec

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