Heilind Electronics is now offering a broad variety of reed switches from Standex Electronics – a leading manufacturer of custom electromagnetic components and the world’s largest producer of reed switches. Standex’s portfolio includes a diverse selection of magnetic reed switches covering the majority of low power switching requirements. The switches are designed to carry as low […]
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Encoder series adds multi-turn output option
CUI’s Motion Group announced that its AMT21 series of absolute modular encoders has added models with multi-turn output capability. Offering 12 bits or 14 bits of absolute position information, the multi-turn AMT21 series implements a 14-bit signed number turns counter for applications rotating beyond 360 degrees. These features provide users with the ability to keep […]
Temperature range of sensors extended -10 °C up to +300 °C
TDK Corporation presents the K525, a new EPCOS NTC temperature sensor that is designed for the extended measuring range from -10 °C up to +300 °C. Thanks to its ceramic sleeve that is filled with a ceramic, the sensor is suitable for applications under harsh operating conditions and is resistant to aggressive media such as […]
Compact touchless position sensors for wear-free operation
Novotechnik U.S. has introduced the TFD series of touchless linear position sensors that provide wear-free operation in tight spaces. Maximum sensor dimensions are 40 x 27 x 7 mm. The TFD-4000 series uses a magnetic position marker to provide a stroke length of 0 to 14, 24 or 50 mm—depending on the model. These sensors […]
High-resolution global shutter image sensors for machine vision applications
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, has announced two new high-resolution additions to its family of global shutter image sensors—the OG02B1B/OG02B10 and the OV9285. These new sensors are designed to be cost-effective solutions for a wide range of consumer and industrial machine vision applications. In particular, OEMs developing products for high-growth […]
What’s new in magnetic sensors?
At Sensors Expo 2018, Evgeny Burmistrov, an engineering manager from Crocus Technology discusses the company’s tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) magnetic sensor technology. For sensing, TMR is used in number of different applications. Crocus is advancing its TMR capabilities toward linear and 2D sensing. Burmistrov shows the response of a TMR sensor measuring the speed of a […]
What’s new in supercapacitors for energy harvesting?
At Sensors Expo 2018, Pierre Mars, head of the applications team at Cap-XX, a supercapacitor manufacturer from Australia, explains the supercapacitor demos in their booth. Using a 800 mF supercapacitor provides the energy to power a 2.9V near-field communication (NFC) 13.5 MHz sensor puck from Silicon Labs. With the charged supercapacitor (above 2.6V) the unit […]
How can you ensure success for printed electronics?
At Sensors Expo 2018, Jaye Tyler, President and CEO of Si-Cal Technologies, an industrial screen-printing operation for advanced printed electronics, discussed how his company approaches electronic printing projects. The company prints in sheets and roll to roll screen printing processes. In sheets, they perform low volume printing very cost effectively. In the sheet process they […]
What’s new in batteryless sensing?
To solve the problem of replacing batteries in ever-increasing wireless sensing applications in the Internet of Things (IoT), PsiKick has developed proprietary sensors called Smart Sense Nodes (or S2Ns) that employ ultra-low-power digital and RF circuit technologies. The S2Ns are powered by energy harvested from heat or indoor lighting that eliminates the need for a […]
What’s new in embedded gateways for sensors?
At Sensors Expo 2018, Vishal Kakkad, director of product marketing at Lantronix explains the capabilities of the company’s Embedded Wired Ethernet IoT Gateway called the XPort Edge and software platform called MACH10 Global Device Manager. In a commercial water filtration system and a collection of data that a company would commonly want to monitor, the […]