Sensors
Food shop sensors become self-powered with light
The solar cell company Epishine and TempOnline, a company offering digital temperature monitoring for grocery stores, have initiated a collaboration to remove batteries from sensors in retail stores. The sensors that monitor the temperature in coolers and freezers will, through this collaboration, be equipped with Epishine's light energy harvesting modules that generate their own electricity using indoor light.
Digital temperature sensor with integrated NV memory
The TMP117 is a high-precision digital temperature sensor. It is designed to meet ASTM E1112 and ISO 80601 requirements for electronic patient thermometers. The TMP117 provides a 16-bit temperature result with a resolution of 0.0078°C and an accuracy of up to ±0.1°C across the temperature range of -20 to +50°C with no calibration.
Slim IR laser for 3D optical sensing in mobile devices
Worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, ams, has announced the launch of MERANO-Photodiode (PD), an infrared (IR) laser flood illuminator module which provides the uniform light output needed in mobile 3D sensing applications such as user face recognition.
60GHz mmWave sensors to enable smarter industrial applications
Cities, buildings and factories have become more intelligent, driving the need for more robust sensing. In recent years, millimetre-wave (mmWave) sensors have gained a lot of traction due to their ability to sense the range, velocity and angle of objects in a scene. This paper from Texas Instruments, discusses choosing 60GHz mmWave sensors over 24GHz.
Custom-assembled level sensors with guided microwave
EGE offers to configure level controllers with guided microwave according to customer specifications. Based on its proven standard level gauge, the German manufacturer is able to adapt the sensors to suit various tank geometries, mounting conditions, or demanding media in no time. Options include angled probes that can be mounted on the side of tanks.
Well-sealed, easy to install modular hall effect sensors
Industrial technology company and sensors provider, Sensata Technologies, has launched the new ACW4 Single Turn and TCW4 Multi Turn Absolute Hall Effect Sensors, which feature an over-molded, two-part modular construction that provides engineers with design flexibility.
Develop low-power wireless sensor nodes with small sub-GHz module
It has been announced that Microchip has developed what they believe to be the industry’s smallest IEEE 802.15.4-compliant module that combines an ultra-low-power microcontroller (MCU) with a sub-GHz radio, accelerating time to market and providing long-lasting battery life in wireless-networked sensors.
Flicker detect improves mobile phone picture quality
Worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, ams, has introduced a new colour (RGB), proximity and flicker detection sensor, the TCS3707, which reportedly enables a mobile phone camera to take clean, unblemished photo-graphs in artificial lighting scenes.
ISO 26262:2018 training added to tool suite for automotive
Specialist in standards compliance, automated software verification, software code analysis, and test tools, LDRA, has announced the addition of training in the ISO 26262:2018 functional safety standard to its growing education portfolio. The new courses complement existing courses in the MISRA language subsets, consultancy services relating to the application of ISO 26262 and SAE J3061, and the LDRA tool suite for Automotive.
First automotive grade single-chip VGA ToF sensor announced
Melexis has announced availability of the single-chip Automotive grade VGA Time-of-Flight (ToF) image sensor for applications such as in-car and exterior monitoring. The MLX75027 is a system-on-chip solution, providing VGA (640x480 pixel) resolution image sensing and processing in a single BGA package.