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Smart sensor technology: What is it?

March 24, 2017 By Randy Frank

“Smart” is frequently used as a prefix to mean new and improved for technology and even consumer type products. The term “smart sensor” has been used for over three decades (Giachino, J. M., “Smart Sensors,” Sensors and Actuators, Vol 10, 1986). Earning the smart prefix, meant the sensor performed a function that could not be […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Smart Sensor

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

Iris Recognition Sensor Gets a Speed Boost

September 11, 2009 By sensortipsadmin

Smart Sensors Limited, a spin-out from the University of Bath, UK, has introduced version 2 of its MIRLIN software toolkit, enabling security system developers to create iris recognition systems capable of 2 million matches per second, four times faster than other current technologies. Functions include image acquisition, enrollment, and verification or determination of identity (ID) […]

Filed Under: Featured, Industry News Tagged With: Iris Recognition, Smart Sensor

IP 69K-rated Sensors for Harsh Washdown Environments

February 16, 2009 By R. Nelson Parrish

VeriSens smart vision sensors are equipped with IP 69K-rated stainless steel housings, shatterproof glass, special connectors and seals that protect the devices from damage in high temperature/high pressure washdown environments.  The sensors are suitable for discrete automation applications in a range of industries, including food/beverage, pharmaceutical, medical and cosmetic processing. Using contour-based algorithms, VeriSens smart […]

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