Sensor suppliers make cloud connectivity easier and faster by offering special design kits and tools. For example, STMicroelectronics recently launched SensorTile.box, STEVAL-MKSBOX1V1, so users can easily collect and send sensor information to the cloud. With Bluetooth® Low Energy connectivity to a smartphone, the multi sensor kit allows the design of wireless IoT and wearable sensor […]
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Time of flight sensor from ST Microelectronics measures distance
At Sensor Expo 2017, John from ST Microelectronics explains the FlightSense principle for his company’s time of flight sensor (ToF) to show how it can be used to measure the distance from an object. The time of flight sensor chip emits a tiny beam of laser light from its emitter (a Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) […]
How can sensors find an available parking spot?
If you are a stranger with a car in a crowded city or even if you know the area well, a frustrating part of being in the most popular downtown places can be finding a parking spot. At Sensors Expo 2017, Raffaelli Riva, an application engineer from STMicroelectronics, demonstrated how sensors and wireless communications are […]
Time of Flight Sensing Demonstrated
At Sensors Expo 2015 in Long Beach, CA, Julien Nguyen, a field applications engineer from STMicroelectronics demonstrates time of flight sensing using four VL6180X proximity sensors in a robotic vehicle. For more information about the time of flight sensor and its development eco-system, click here.
Report Reveals Details of MEMS Gyroscope
Automotive applications are well known for their stringent quality requirements. At the same time, MEMS gyroscopes have been touted as solutions to and suitable for automotive application requirements for many. So I was quite surprised to read that STMicroelectronics was the first supplier to qualify its A3G4250D Automotive 3-Axis MEMS Gyroscope to meet the automotive […]
Time-of-flight Technology Designed into Smartphone
Using time-of-flight technology, STMicroelectronics developed a highly accurate optical range-finding FlightSense module that offers designers superior distance-measurement capability. Expecting future applications in Mobile Phones, Consumer White Goods, and Industrial Applications, the sensing technology has already been incorporated in LG G3 smartphone’s camera auto-focus assist. In contrast to conventional sensors that can only report reflected signal […]
IC Provides Power and Added Features for Energy Harvesters
Ambient light or thermal energy harvesting devices provide energy with a wide voltage range for wireless sensors and other low power applications. To make this energy useful, it must be regulated at specific voltages required by other circuitry. STMicroelectronics SPV1050 is an ultra low-power energy-harvesting IC that provides both 1.8V and 3.3V regulators to power […]
Performance Increased for 3-axis MEMS Accelerometer
In addition to a large full-scale range of up to ±18g combined with high bandwidth, STMicroelectronics’ newest 3-axis MEMS accelerometer boasts low noise, and high mechanical and thermal stability. Combining high data rate with low-noise operation, the LIS344AHH enables monitoring of small-amplitude displacements. The full-scale, user-selectable range up to ±6g or ±18g provides improved performance […]
9DOF and Sensor Fusion
At Sensors Expo 2013, Dominique Barbier, MEMS Product Marketing Staff Engineer for STMicroelectronics demonstrates a nine degree of freedom (9DOF) , motion-driven remote control using a 3-axis accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer and the use of sensor fusion in a tablet computer. To watch the video, click here. For more information about STMicroelectronics MEMS and Sensors, […]
Partnering for Motion Sensing in Wearable Products
Market analyst ABI Research predicts that over the next five years, the total market for wearable wireless devices in sports and healthcare will grow to 169.5 million devices in 2017, up from 20.77 million in 2011. Showing that they expect to get their fair share of this growth, 3D motion tracking experts Xsens and leading […]