Those interested in the growing field of wearable sensors can hear from leading experts in Flexible / Printed / Fabric Sensors at a workshop cosponsored by the Institute…
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Using pressure sensors to make other measurements
by Randy Frank, Contributing Editor Many applications use pressure sensor measurements to calculate other key parameters such as flow, altitude, water column height, fluid depth, weight and more….
Smaller light sensors, better performance
With its TMD2620 proximity sensor and TMD2725 ambient light sensor (ALS) modules, ams AG reduces the LED emitter-to-sensor gap to just 1.0 mm while eliminating the effect of…
High-res pressure sensor measures over 0.5 to 60-in. H2O range
A new low-pressure sensor called the DLHR Series works over lower pressure ranges of 0.5 to 60 in. H2O, an improvement over previous devices. Developed by All Sensors…
Find a Problem – Create a Sensing Solution
You put sensors, wireless communications and computing technology together to solve a problem and what do you get? Smart something. In the marina area, it’s a smart marina….
RF Energy Harvesting for Sensing Apps
At Sensors Expo 2016, Charlie Greene, Chief Operating & Technical Officer at Powercast explains RFID tags, RFID sensor tags, RF powered accelerometer tags and more. For more information,…
Supercapacitors Supplement Energy Harvesters’ Output
At Sensors Expo 2016, Pierre Mars from the Application Engineering Team at Cap-XX supercapacitors explains the company’s demo that showcases the use of supercapacitors to provide high peak…
Electrodynamic Energy Harvesting for Sensing Systems
At Sensors Expo 2016, Christian Pennisi from Jennova demonstrates a rotation-based electrodynamic energy harvester to supplement rechargeable batteries for embedded sensing applications.
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Motor Control Demo Employs AMR Sensors
At Sensors Expo 2016, Dan Zaleski, a product applications engineer from Analog Devices explains the motor control demo that he designed. Reminiscent of an Erector Set project, the…
MEMS Microphones – The Next Big Sensor for IoT Devices
In this Frank Talk about Sensors, Randy Frank talks to Paul Beckmann of DSP Concepts about MEMS Microphones.
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