Scientists and research engineers are developing technologies to boost food yield economically and efficiently in order to feed the world’s growing population. New ideas continue to emerge as the scientific community devotes time and energy in solving this problem. One futuristic approach involves creating an ideal environment for growing food in the air without soil, […]
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. […]
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 […]
