Sensors
Tiny sensor powered by radio waves
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology claim that such sensors could help advance the nascent IoT industry. Increasingly tiny chips that measure temperature, light, and air pollution are being deployed around cities and in smart homes and offices. One the biggest hurdles is to make these sensors battery-free.
New ICs for well suited for automotive applications
Microsemi Corporation has announced the availability of a new device in its recently launched family of sensor interface integrated circuits (ICs) based upon inductive sensing technology - the LX3302. Microsemi’s LX3302 is specially designed for applications within the automotive, industrial and commercial aviation markets.
Sensor supports optimisation for greater accuracy
Employing capacitance micrometry, the NX NanoSensor from Queensgate delivers sensitivity levels that are able to measure changes in position to an atomic scale. This state-of-the-art non-contact position measuring system relies on 2 sensor plates - a target and a probe, which between them form a parallel plate capacitor.
Grid-Eye set to impact many applications
The Panasonic Automotive and Industrial Systems Grid-Eye is an 8 x 8 pixel infrared array sensor based on MEMs technology. It is an interesting product that looks set to have a considerable impact on a variety of applications including the burgeoning Intert of Things (IoT. Electronic Specifier posed some questions to the Panasonic team to find out more.
Sensor made from chewing gum enables flexibility
Body sensors, which were once restricted to doctors’ offices, have come a long way. They now allow any wearer to easily track heart rate, steps and sleep cycles around the clock. Soon, they could become even more versatile - with the help of chewing gum. Scientists report in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces a unique sensing device made of gum and carbon nanotubes that can move with your most bendable parts and track your b...
Unique magnetic latch/switch family offers lateral sensitivity
Melexis, a global microelectronics engineering company, has made a major advance in magnetic sensing technology that will have widespread implications for modern automobile design. Its latest product - the MLX92292 - effectively represents a whole new way of sensing.
Flow sensor/switch is redundant with separate outputs
The breakthrough dual output AS-FS Flow Switch from FCI Aerospace features a next-gen, zero maintenance design that is flight qualified and suitable for a wide range of liquid or air/gas measurement requirements in commercial and military mission-critical rotorcraft and fixed-wing aircraft applications.
Design times cut by thermocouple EMF to temperature converter
The MCP9600 thermocouple EMF to temperature converter from Microchip Technologyis now being shipped by Mouser Electronics. The device is the first thermocouple-conditioning integrated circuit to combine precision instrumentation, a precision temperature sensor and a precision, high-resolution analog-to-digital converter (ADC), in addition to a math engine preprogrammed with the firmware to support a broad range of standard thermocouple types.
Detecting fires before they happen
Smouldering cables are a frequent cause of fires. However, new sensors that analyse the plastic vapours released by overheated insulating cables are helping detect these fires at an early stage. Scientists at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences have developed these hybrid sensors that combine measurement processes with data evaluation. A smouldering cable can be detected with a little luck before it starts burning.
Autoclavable mass flow meters cover all medical uses
The Swiss sensor manufacturer Sensirion has expanded its SFM3xxx platform for flow measurement in medical applications. For the first time, the flow sensor range now includes autoclavable mass flow meters. Thus, the five products in the platform now offer the right solution for all gas flow measurement applications in medical technology.