Sensors
BLE sensor features external probe for food safety
Laird Connectivity has developed a new sensor that features integrated antennas, an external temperature probe and rugged IP65 enclosure. The Sentrius RS1xx External Series probe allows customers to mount the sensor outside of a device and measure the temperature inside via the cabled sensor. Designed for a wide range of cold chain management applications like agriculture and food safety monitoring, the RS1xx External Series probe makes it easy t...
Isolated gate driver with fast protection and integrated sensing
Learn about TI's newest isolated gate driver with fast protection and integrated sensing to ensure a more reliable and efficient design.
The first all-weather robot bus runs on Nokian Hakkapeliittas
Gacha is a self-driving robot bus that works in any weather. What makes Gacha different is its ability to work reliably even under difficult conditions - in the dark as well as rain, snow, or slush. The Nokian Hakkapeliitta winter tyres rolling under the bus do their part to ensure that passengers are safe and comfortable even under extreme conditions.
Module is programmable with BiSS and SSI protocols
iC-Haus has expanded its product family in the field of integrated system solutions for sensor-sided BiSS and SSI communication, including absolute encoder applications. The field-sided RS422 transceiver for clock reception and data signal is designed for typical industrial point-to-point encoder applications to enable physical interface compatibility for many drive systems and controllers on the sensor side.
Highest speed and accuracy to date in latest current sensor IC
Allegro MicroSystems has announced its latest Hall effect current sensor IC, which delivers its highest speed and accuracy in more than 400A sensing applications to date. Suited for hybrid and electric vehicle inverter applications that need high accuracy sensing to 1000Amps or more, the ACS70310 offers a robust solution with diagnostic functions that can help improve functional safety and reliability.
Non-dispersive infrared spectroscopy for gas monitoring
The ongoing technical advancements in the field of respiratory gas monitoring has seen the use of sensors that measure the amount of CO2, N2O, O2 and the five potent inhaled anaesthetic agents increase dramatically in operating rooms throughout the world. These gas sensors can alert the anaesthetist to several potentially adverse conditions such as inadvertent overdose.
Current sensor will make power supplies cheaper
Power supply circuits are literally everywhere. From the ubiquitous power bricks that recharge our phones to kilowatt server supplies in data centres, every modern electrified gadget has a switched-mode power supply circuit. Who wants to carry around a heavy laptop brick? What data centre does not want to drive energy cost down while at the same time increasing compute capacity? By Mike Horton, CTO of ACEINNA
Camera with polarisation sensor technology
It has been announced that Allied Vision is expanding its series of compact, rugged Mako G cameras with a new camera featuring polarisation filter technology. The new Mako G-508B POL camera is equipped with a Polarsens 5.0 Megapixel CMOS sensor from Sony (IMX250MZR). With the new polariser camera Allied Vision offers a cost-effective tool to unveil features not visible with conventional imaging solutions.
Rotary encoders provide precise digital data measurements
Rotary encoders provide precise digital data measurements regarding the motion or position of a shaft. Measuring motion or position relies on a consistent level of precision, a responsibility that partly falls on the coupling attached to the encoder. For this highly demanding application, Italsensor relies on Huco Flex P double-loop couplings to safeguard encoder precision and reliability.
Sensor manufacturers need to wake up and smell the (IoT) coffee
There are a wide range of sensors that can be exploited to measure almost all the physical properties around us. A few common sensors that are widely adopted in everyday life include thermometers, pressure sensors, light sensors, accelerometers, gyroscopes, motion sensors, gas sensors and many more. Sensors are usually described using properties such as range, sensitivity and resolution. Guest article written by Neil Hamilton, VP Business ...