Sensors
SPS IPC Drives: Safety sensors for operator protection
Safety systems for the protection of personnel are this year’s hot topic for Contrinex at SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg, Hall 7A, Stand 406. Highlights include the unveiling of two new series of safety sensors, certified category 4 according to ISO 13849-1. Types are available with magnetic or RFID coding, which ensures immunity to mutual interference, and also largely eliminates the risk of tampering.
It is High Time for IR Sensor 2.0 – And This Is Why
The IR sensor is a crucial component in many everyday products, ranging from medical equipment to mobile phones. But the technology is 50 years old and in serious need of an upgrade. The next generation IR sensor 2.0 for IoT will be much thinner than old sensors and cheaper to manufacture.
Omron releases USB multi-function Environmental Sensor for the IoT
Omron announced a USB version of its multi-function Environmental Sensor that quickly allows designers to monitor seven parameters.
Superior sensor technology revolutionises pressure sensors
Superior Sensor Technology launched the company with the introduction of NimbleSense, a breakthrough, application specific, pressure sensor technology for industrial, medical and automotive applications. The NimbleSense architecture is an integrated platform combining advanced piezoresistive sensing elements, analog signal path, processing intelligence and proprietary integration techniques to create the industry’s highest performing sensor...
Renesas Electronics Simplifies Satellite Subsystem Design
Renesas announced the ISL70591SEH and ISL70592SEH radiation-hardened precision current sources designed to provide current excitation to the more than 300 resistive sensors that monitor the health of a satellite’s subsystems. The two new Renesas devices are the first current source ICs in its line of space products, and are ideally suited for telemetry, tracking & command, attitude & orbital control, and electrical power subsystem a...
SPS IPC Drives: Safety at work and Industry 4.0
At SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg from 27th to 29th November, Leuze electronic will be focusing its trade fair appearance on the company's competence in safety at work. On the basis of its MLC safety light curtains, the optical sensor manufacturer developed the sensorless Smart Process Gating as an alternative to the muting process.
People counting and tracking tech using mmWave radar sensor
Deliver accurate and reliable sensing for occupancy detection and people tracking with TI's technology and optimise every square meter in your building.
mmWave sensor integrates MCU and hardware accelerator
The IWR1443 device is an integrated single-chip mmWave sensor based on FMCW radar technology capable of operation in the 76- to 81GHz band with up to 4GHz continuous chirp. The device is built with TI’s low power 45nm RFCMOS process, and this solution enables unprecedented levels of integration in an extremely small form factor.
Safe sensor technology - automate with all your senses
At this year's SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg, Germany, Pilz will focus on safe sensor technology. The automation company shows components and complete solutions for the most varied applications of sensor technology in action. It is a premiere in Nuremberg for the new light curtains PSENopt II for body protection. Innovations in drive technology Pilz Motion Control (PMC) and the new qualification as a 'CECE - Certified Expert in CE Marking' are...
Image sensor brings high resolution to mainstream smartphones
Developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, OmniVision Technologies, has announced the OV16E10, the latest generation of its high-performance 16 megapixel (MP) image sensor family. The sensor is built on OmniVision’s latest 1.12-micron PureCel Plus stacked die technology with sensitivity and QE performance.