Melexis reinforces its reputation in the automotive current sensing market by announcing the MLX91230 and the MLX91231. They offer access to shunt or Hall type current sensor technologies. These ASIL-compliant devices can measure voltage, current, and temperature. Customers will be provided with flexibility and design reusability in their electric vehicle (EV) power systems. The MLX91230, […]
melexis
Interface drives up to 3000 LEDs
Melexis launches its next member of the MeLiBu family, the MLX81143 LED driver. It includes 21 LED drivers and improves the power management of the full system. The MLX81143 has an extremely wide dimming range allowing optimal brightness adjustment during night and day. The MeLiBu interface makes it possible to drive up to 3000 LEDs […]
Teardown: Inside an industrial absolute encoder
If you go to the Wikipedia page on absolute encoders, you’ll find descriptions of these devices mentioning multiple code rings, glass or plastic discs, and configurations of sliding contacts arranged so each contact wipes against a metal disc at a different distance from a turning shaft. Actually, you’d be hard pressed to find any of […]
Tactile sensor targets robotic hand applications
Melexis has made a major innovation to improve robots’ ability to interact with fragile or diverse objects. The company has unveiled Tactaxis, a fully integrated tactile sensor that is compact, soft, and provides the 3D force vector acting on its surface. This improves robots’ hands and grippers, making delicate operations such as fruit picking possible. […]
What is the difference between a thermal IR sensor and a quantum IR sensor?
Infrared radiation (IR) can be detected by thermal IR and quantum IR sensors. A thermal IR sensor uses infrared energy as heat for detection and its sensitivity is independent of wavelengths. Therefore, it can detect objects in the near IR, mid IR, and far IR bands. The non-contact detectors do not require cooling after exposure […]
Image gallery: Smart, small, and integrated at electronica 2018
Over 80,000 attendees from 80 countries spent four days at electronica 2018 in Munich last month combing 17 halls, 182K square meters of exhibition space, and meeting with as many of the 3,100 exhibitors as possible. The driving force for many of the new products introduced at the trade fair was, again, the need to […]
QVGA Time-of-Flight sensor chipset adds new visibility to in-cabin sensing
Melexis announces a major upgrade to Time-of-Flight (ToF) technology for the automotive industry. The portfolio now includes its next-generation QVGA ToF sensor chipset and a forthcoming VGA ToF sensor. The latest developments will enable Melexis to further support its automotive customers in their continuous need for advanced in-cabin sensing solutions. The new sensors are AEC-Q100 […]
What’s new in magnetic position sensors?
At Sensors Expo 2018, Vinicius (Vinnie) Cardoso, a field application engineer at Melexis, demonstrates the capabilities of the company’s magnetic position sensors. Using an extremely eye catching 3-D LED structure, he shows how the MLX90333 Triaxis® position sensor indicates the position of a magnet. With red and blue LEDs indicating the north-south poles of a […]
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 […]
Where can time of flight sensing be used?
At Sensor Expo 2017, Doug Gates, a technical sales manager from Melexis explains the applications for his company’s two-chip semiconductor solution for time of flight (TOF) sensing. Time of flight sensing uses optical, acoustic, electromagnetic or other wave techniques to measure the time that it takes for the source to travel a distance through a […]
