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Pressure Sensors Monitor Beer Kegs

November 18, 2014 By Randy Frank

At the MEMS Industry Group Executive Congress US 2014 in Scottsdale, Arizona, Kevin Beal, VP sales and marketing for Keg Data explains how pressure sensors can monitor a keg of beer. To watch the video, click here. For more information about Keg Data’s pressure sensor based beer monitoring system, click here. For more information about […]

Filed Under: Featured, Pressure Tagged With: Freescale, Keg Data, Kegdata

Sensor Webinar: Solving Common Sensor Application Problems

May 6, 2014 By Randy Frank

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 […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Humidity, Photoelectric, Proximity Tagged With: Freescale, Osram Opto Semiconductors, Silicon Labs

Robot Provides Virtual Presence at 2012 CES (Pt 2)

February 6, 2012 By Randy Frank

At the 2012 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, Alexandra Dopplinger, a marketing manager at Freescale Semiconductor explains the capability of a remote robot that she controls from her location in Ottawa, Canada. Freescale’s pressure sensors and accelerometers are used in the design of the robot as well as proximity sensors to detect […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Pressure, Vision systems Tagged With: Accelerometer, Freescale, MEMS, pressure sensing

Robot Provides Virtual Presence at 2012 CES (Pt 1)

February 2, 2012 By Randy Frank

Ned Semonite, vice president of products at VGo Communications explains the company’s robotic telepresence product at the 2012 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. Freescale’s pressure sensors and accelerometers are used in the design of the robot as well as proximity sensors to detect stairs or potential collisions and a camera to view […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Pressure, Proximity Tagged With: acceleration sensing, accelerometers, Freescale, pressure sensor, proximity sensing, video camera

To Your Health: 3-Axis Accelerometers and Gyroscopes Provide Feedback

January 30, 2012 By Randy Frank

At the 2012 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, Eric Zorich, CEO of Diesel Dogs describes how a three-axis accelerometer and three-axis gyroscope are used to provide a set of Smart Weights. The software in the design allows users to properly exercise and obtain the maximum benefit from a workout. The concept placed […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Gyroscope Tagged With: Accelerometer, Freescale, gyroscope, three axis

Freescale Merges Accelerometer and 32-Bit Micro into One Package

July 22, 2010 By Randy Frank

A tiny 3 x 3 x 1 mm package provides the home for a 3-axis accelerometer and a 32-bit microcontroller (MCU).  Part of an approach that Freescale Semiconductor calls its Xtrinsic sensing solutions, the MMA9550L addresses both the sensing and computing needs of the rapidly proliferating touch sensing applications.  As if this wasn’t enough, the package also […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured Tagged With: Accelerometer, Freescale, Freescale Semiconductor, MCU, Microcontroller, Smart Sensor

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