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What sensors are in a modern washing machine? Pt 1

December 9, 2020 By Randy Frank

The number and different types of sensors in cars and smartphones are cited frequently and certainly are impressive. However, sensor usage in many other areas is increasing as well. Appliances, which are not replaced as frequently as vehicles and smartphones, could surprise many people with the  different sensing functions and types of sensors used in […]

Filed Under: Capacitive, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Touch Sensing Tagged With: Microchip Technology

How can you get sensors online quickly and securely?

December 19, 2019 By Randy Frank

At Sensors Expo 2019, Bob Martin, a senior staff engineer for Microchip Technology describes how a security encryption element on two demo boards can securely connect sensors to the Internet for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. The AVR-IoT and the PIC-IoT development boards provide instant connectivity through bus connectors to the MikroElektronika Wi-Fi PLUS click. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Photoelectric, Temperature Tagged With: Microchip Technology, MikroElektronika

What application problems do newly released sensors solve?

March 25, 2019 By Randy Frank

Coping with the application environment is one of the more complex issues that sensors must address. To survive in harsh environments, sensors manufacturers improve the ruggedness of their sensors in many different ways. Three recently announced products exemplify the differences. For dusty and wet environments, Sensata Technologies ACW4 single turn and TCW4 multi-turn absolute Hall […]

Filed Under: Displacement, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Hall Effect, Interface, Packaging, Signal Conditioning Tagged With: Kaman Measuring, Microchip Technology, Sensata Technologies

How do you get an MCU design to market quickly?

December 24, 2018 By Randy Frank

The short answer is with development boards. For more details, at Sensors Expo 2018, an expert from Microchip Technology explains how his company expands the capability of microcontroller (MCU) evaluation boards with numerous MikroElektronika plug-ins using a microbus connector for a variety of applications. In addition, with the MPLAB Code Configurator, base code can be […]

Filed Under: Development Tools, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) Tagged With: Microchip Technology

What’s new in microcontrollers for sensing?

October 29, 2018 By Randy Frank

At Sensors Expo 2018, Jason Wellman from the 8-bit marketing division at Microchip Technology demonstrates the noise improvement and other capabilities of the advanced analog to digital converter (ADC) on the company’s recently introduced ATmega4809 microcontrollers (MCU). As a Core Independent Peripheral (CIP), the ADC filters and averages random noise as well as periodic noise […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Interface, Signal Conditioning Tagged With: Microchip Technology

How quickly can you get a custom frequency MEMS oscillator?

October 17, 2018 By Randy Frank

At Sensors Expo 2018, Tim Bergeson from Microchip Technology shows how the company’s TimeFlash 2 Field Programmable Kit programming tool allows users to quickly and easily program MEMS oscillators anywhere and anytime. After setting the frequency of the tool to 140.3253 MHz with a selected 10 parts per million (PPM) tolerance, within a matter of […]

Filed Under: Development Tools, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), MEMS Sensor Technology Tagged With: Microchip Technology

How can you secure a sensing node?

July 30, 2018 By Randy Frank

At Sensors Expo 2018 in San Jose, CA, Martin Squibbs, Product Marketing Manager for Microchip Technology discusses the company’s newest SAM L11 microcontroller (MCU), the first on the market to have the Arm Cortex-M23 core with TrustZone. Leveraging TrustZone, the three differentiating features of the 32-bit MCU are high security, parallel capture (through a two-stage […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Sensor security, Temperature, Touch Sensing Tagged With: arm, EEMBC, Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium, Microchip Technology, Testonics

Implement Proximity and Touch Sensing Technology without Writing any Software

November 17, 2015 By Randy Frank

Replacing a mechanical switch with a digital output touch sensor is a lot easier if the system designer does not have to write any code. With that goal in mind, Microchip Technology developed its MTCH102-5-8 capacitive touch controllers. The 2-, 5- and 8-channel controllers replace mechanical buttons with a simple digital output in a hardware-only […]

Filed Under: Capacitive, Featured, Touch Sensing Tagged With: Microchip Technology

IC Simplifies the Use of Thermocouples

September 9, 2015 By Randy Frank

At Sensors Expo 2015 in Long Beach, CA, John Austin, senior product marketing manager from the Analog and Interface Products Division of Microchip Technology discussed the capabilities of the MCP9600, a thermocouple conditioning circuit with numerous features to simplify the use of the ubiquitous thermocouple. For more information about the MCP9600, click here.

Filed Under: Featured, Signal Conditioning, Temperature Tagged With: Microchip Technology

IC Senses Power and has Configurable Outputs

August 10, 2015 By Randy Frank

  At Sensors Expo 2015 in Long Beach, CA, John Austin, senior product marketing manager with from the Analog and Interface Products Division of Microchip Technology explains the capabilities of the PAC1921, a high-side current/power sensor with a configurable analog output and a 2-wire digital bus. A evaluation board (part # ADM00592) is available. For […]

Filed Under: Current Sensor, Featured, Signal Conditioning Tagged With: Microchip Technology

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