Sensors
Industrial design student receives guidance on her sensor design
When Trevyn Rayner-Canham, a BA Industrial Design and Technology student in her final year at Brunel University, realised that she needed guidance in regard to the electronic elements of her personal stress sensor design, she turned to Newbury Electronics. With her project deadline looming, Trevyn needed to work with a company that could translate her rudimentary design specifications into a fully functioning PCB in just one week.
Modular current sensors cope with harsh environments
An innovative approach to developing customised solutions for the harsh environment requirements of the aerospace and defence market has been unveiled by TT Electronics. Building on the company’s existing range of current sensor modules, this new and highly diverse modular technique leverages Hall-Effect and Rogowski sensors, as well as amplifiers and digital converters.
E-bike sensor for for better system alignment
E-Bikes are becoming a more commonplace form of transport on our roads. The growing sales figures and increasing market share highlight their importance within the biking industry. E-Bike manufacturers are continually launching new innovations and technical advancements, such as manufacturer TQ-Systems who have initiated and established the market sector for premium class E-Bikes.
Reflex array sensors on the leading edge
SICK has unveiled its next-generation family of smart photoelectric light array sensors, the RAY10 and RAY26, to reliably detect even difficult-to-see objects in electronics and surface mount production. The SICK RAY10 and RAY26 Reflex Array Sensors create a wide 2D light band to reliably detect small, flat, clear or irregularly-shaped objects with protrusions or leading edges that are just a few millimetres thick.
How laser diodes help devices to see the world
Tiny laser diodes offer 3D sensing functionality for consumer electronics like smartphones and robots like self-driving cars. In this article, the technology consulting firm IDTechEx demonstrate how advances in laser technology and decreases in laser price enable novel applications in optical sensing.
Time-of-Flight sensors meet low power demands
A range of Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensors designed to meet the changing needs of design engineers and address demand for 3D information and extended range created by new use cases are being shipped by Farnell.
Enabling industrial proximity sensing with ultrasonic
An overview of the ultrasonic journey through a factory. Ultrasonic sensing is a low cost method of proximity and obstruction sensing that is robust in outdoor and harsh environments.
Data logger with flex-connector allows for wide sensor choice
Saelig has introduced the new MSR145W2D WiFi Data Logger, a miniature data-gathering device that is easy to use, takes accurate measurements, offers quick data transfer, and is designed with great flexibility of sensor choice, using WiFi as an instant data delivery method. The MSR145W2D miniature data logger can record physical parameter data from a selection of internal sensors and up to five external sensors.
3D sonar sensor for close range perception in ADAS
Toposens recently announced the release of their current flag-ship product TS3, a 3D ultrasonic sensor suitable for a wide range of applications in the autonomous systems market that require reliable object detection and situational awareness.
Ambient light sensor targets wearables and smartphones
The Optoelectronics group of Vishay Intertechnology has launched an ambient light sensor for small form factor applications such as smart watches and sport bands where very high sensitivity is needed to allow light to be sensed through an often very dark cover glass.