Sensors
OMRON releases E3AS-HL CMOS laser sensor
OMRON has launched a new E3AS-HL CMOS Laser Sensor with sensing technology that significantly improves detection capability. Reliable detection of difficult-to-detect targets helps eliminate the need for time-consuming installation design and adjustment at equipment commissioning.
Radio and sensor modules for IoT applications
With its new catalogue for radio and sensor modules, Würth Elektronik has presented a whole series of new products with innovative details. For example, the component manufacturer offers many variants or operating modes with extremely low energy consumption to make increased use of combinations of sensors and radio modules in low-maintenance, decentralised IoT applications.
Suite of radar sensor solutions create a safety cocoon
NXP Semiconductors has announced a complete suite of new radar sensor solutions that can surround vehicles in a 360-degree safety cocoon and enable the identification and classification capabilities of imaging radar.
PostureTracker wearable device gains FFC approval
Energous Corporation and Gokhale Method, have announced that the Gokhale PostureTracker, a wearable medical sensor to alleviate back pain, has received FCC approval. The announcement of FCC regulatory certification brings the PostureTracker one step closer to general availability of the sensor system, planned for the first quarter of 2021.
Small, light, wearable HandScanner released
Datalogic has announced the launch of the new HandScanner, a small and light non-intrusive hands-free scanner designed to streamline workers’ daily operations. This wearable allows workers to use both hands to pick items or packages faster and increase their productivity.
Indoor air quality sensor enables operation in splash-prone areas
Renesas Electronics has expanded its popular ZMOD4410 Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) sensor platform with the software-configurable IP67-qualified waterproof option for IAQ applications operating in wet or dirty environments such as kitchens, bathrooms, and hospital rooms, where they are frequently exposed to water, oils, and dust.
Evaluation kit supports proximity sensor module
Distributor Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the TCS3430 evaluation kit from ams.
Thin-film short-wave-infrared image sensor
Imec has presented a prototype high-resolution short-wave-infrared (SWIR) image sensor with record small pixel pitch of 1.82 µm. It is based on a thin-film photodetector that is monolithically integrated on a custom Si-CMOS readout circuit. A fab-compatible process flow paves the way to high-throughput, wafer-level manufacturing.
ezPyro SMD Dual pyroelectric sensor delivers efficiency
Pyreos has confirmed that its ezPyro SMD Dual is shipping in prototype form for a new wider range of substances, and benefits from all software and hardware components of the established Pyreos development ecosystem.
TSV792 signal conditioning with precision op amp
STMicroelectronics’ TSV792 dual five volts operational amplifier (op amp) combines 50MHz gain-bandwidth with precision attributes including low input offset voltage and extremely low input voltage noise of just 6.5nV/√Hz.