Sensors
Capacitive touch HMI reference design with LED animation
Get an overview of the capacitive touch user interface reference design with proximity sensing and LED animation for appliances.
Enhanced tool suite for automotive helps mitigate risk
Software quality experts in the areas of functional safety, security, and standards compliance, LDRA, has introduced an enhanced version of the LDRA tool suite for Automotive that helps customers reduce cost, effort, and time of complying with the latest release of the ISO 26262 functional safety standard.
Next-generation of 8MP image sensors for smartphone cameras
OmniVision has announced the OV08B - the latest generation of its 1.12 micron, 8 megapixel (MP) image sensor family, designed for the broad smartphone camera markets. This new image sensor supports mainstream selfie imaging, as well as multicamera configurations.
Photonic sensors market to rise at a CAGR of 7.2% by 2026
Key insights on the global photonic sensors and detectors market have been delivered by Future Market Insights in a new report titled ‘Photonic Sensors and Detectors Market: Global Industry Analysis & Opportunity Assessment, 2016-2026’. The global photonic sensors and detectors market was valued at $22.5bn in 2015 and is expected to register a CAGR of 7.2% during the forecast period (2016–2026).
Image sensor offers high performance for smartphones
OmniVision has announced the OV32A, its first 0.8 micron pixel image sensor with 32 megapixel (MP) resolution, built on OmniVision’s PureCel Plus stacked die technology. This new sensor offers performance for high end smartphones.
Sensor with flicker detect boosts camera performance in IoT devices
STMicroelectronics has released a full colour Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) that helps smartphones take better pictures and present more visually accurate data on screen displays.
New generation of self-powered building blocks for the IoT
EnOcean will be presenting technical innovations that further drive the use of energy harvesting sensor solutions for digitalising buildings at ISH 2019 (11th-15th March, Frankfurt am Main). At the EnOcean Alliance partner booth (Hall 10.3 Booth C60), the developer of self-powered wireless technology will exhibit its proven PTM switch module now with an integrated NFC interface. This will enable installers to incorporate self-...
Wireless torque sensors ensure airliners’ safety
The aerospace sector is renowned for its safety standards and a whole industry has grown up to provide equipment and services for testing aircraft and their subsystems. Airliners are subject to tremendous loads as they land and take off, from the touchdown of the undercarriage, to the back-thrust of the jet engines as they slow the aircraft on the runway and the wind pressure on the flaps and flight control surfaces when they are lowered to ...
Ultrasonic gas flow meter software architecture
This video provides an overview of the ultrasonic sensing software architecture for gas flow metering applications using the MSP430FR604x family of ultrasonic sensing SoCs.
Nano-sensors set to transform earbud performance
A technology which could transform sensor manufacturing will be revealed at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week (February 25-28). Start-up Nanusens which has pioneered sensors built inside CMOS will explain how its proprietary technology can significantly increase the operational life of earbuds by up to 20%.