Temperature has a significant effect on electronic products. It impacts both the system performance and the expected life of components. With the increasingly dense circuitry in either the same or often smaller packages, the temperature issues can only increase – even with the offsetting impact of increasingly lower power consumption components. Measuring temperature can allow […]
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Extended Pressure Ranges Available for DLV Series, Low Voltage Digital Pressure Sensor
All Sensors Corporation of Morgan Hill, California has announced the availability of additional DLV Series pressure ranges. The DLV Series now includes 30 and 60 psi (200 and 400 kPa) differential and 600 to 1100 mbar (60 to 110 kPa) barometric pressure ranges. This device series offers design engineers excellent performance over barometric and middle […]
Low-voltage digital pressure sensors handle 60 to 110 kPa range
The DLV Series pressure sensors now includes 30 and 60 psi (200 and 400 kPa) differential and 600 to 1,100 mbar (60 to 110 kPa) barometric pressure ranges. This device series offers design engineers excellent performance over barometric and middle pressure ranges of 5 to 60 psi (35 to 400 kPa). Product highlights include supply […]
How does time of flight sensing measure distance?
At Sensor Expo 2017, John from ST Microelectronics explains the FlightSense principle for his company’s time of flight (ToF) sensor to show how it can be used to measure distance from an object. The ToF chips emits a tiny beam of laser light from its emitter (a Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) that hits a […]
PCB Piezotronics launches University Laboratory Programs
PCB Piezotronics Inc. announces the launch of its University Laboratory Programs. These Programs provide significant cost savings for acoustics, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, and physics curricula that incorporate hands-on student labs. Each program bundles sensors and accessories, laboratory experiments, classroom lecture, and technical poster for use in academic classrooms and laboratories. With a history of […]
Hi-rez pressure-based sensor reconstructs fingerprints at 1,000 dpi
Leti today announced that the European R&D project known as PiezoMAT has developed a pressure-based fingerprint sensor that enables resolution more than twice as high as currently required by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The project’s proof of concept demonstrates that a matrix of interconnected piezoelectric zinc-oxide (ZnO) nanowires grown on silicon can […]
Catalog details pyroelectric detectors, PbS and PbSe detectors, InGaAs photodiodes, sensor arrays
LASER COMPONENTS has issued a new catalog covering its extensive portfolio of infrared components on more than 130 pages. Many of the products are manufactured at the company’s own sites in Arizona and Florida – including pyroelectric detectors, PbS and PbSe detectors, and most of all the highly successful (x)InGaAs photodiodes and sensor arrays. Other […]
How can you detect seismic waves?
At Sensor Expo 2017, Jacob Hicks, the assistant product manager for Omron Electronic Components’ Sensors unit shows the capabilities of the D7S, a vibration sensor that can detect seismic waves, and Itron’s Riva development board for wireless communications. Partnering with Itron, Omron’s D7S sits on top of Itron’s Riva board. The D7S contains an ASIC, […]
Thermal imaging sensor aids in characterizing critical production equipment
Fluke Corp. has expanded the capabilities of its Condition Monitoring system to include thermal monitoring with the addition of the new Fluke® 3550 FC Thermal Imaging Sensor. Maintenance managers can now collect a more comprehensive variety of key-indicator data — thermal imaging, voltage, current, temperature, and power — on critical equipment to build a real-time […]
How can you use a three-axis position sensor?
At Sensor Expo 2017, Nick Czarnecki, regional marketing manager from Melexis, demonstrates concepts for position sensing using the company’s MLX90393 Triaxis position sensor in human machine interface (HMI) applications that include rotation, push detection and controlling 3D motion with a joystick. The demo shows how a non-contacting rotating knob can set the absolute axis position […]