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Adding Vision to Supervision: Enhancing Workplace Efficiency

Adding Vision to Supervision: Enhancing Workplace Efficiency

Placing cameras in a workplace can be tricky because it requires balancing workplace efficiency with employee security and privacy. Learn how to leverage sensing technology properly to maximize production.


Skywater Unwraps CMOS Platform Aimed at Thermal Imaging Designs

Skywater Unwraps CMOS Platform Aimed at Thermal Imaging Designs

The new ThermaView suite supports hybridized focal plane arrays (FPAs) and monolithically fabricated microbolometer FPAs for uncooled imaging.


News Feb 11, 2025 by Arjun Nijhawan
Allegro Launches Two New Current Sensor ICs With Compact Footprints

Allegro Launches Two New Current Sensor ICs With Compact Footprints

At CES, All About Circuits met with Allegro’s Ram Sathappan to discuss how these magnetic current sensors may be useful alternatives to shunt-based solutions.


News Jan 13, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Industry Weighs in With 2025 Forecasts—Part 1: General Predictions

Industry Weighs in With 2025 Forecasts—Part 1: General Predictions

On this New Years Day, we share 2025 predictions from leading companies in our industry.


News Jan 01, 2025 by Jeff Child
Harnessing the Power of a Software-Based Image Signal Processing Approach

Harnessing the Power of a Software-Based Image Signal Processing Approach

There are numerous advantages to leveraging a software-based image signal processor (ISP) approach. Learn the advantages and the solutions available to implement this technology.


New Position Sensing ICs Simplify Design and Enhance Precision

New Position Sensing ICs Simplify Design and Enhance Precision

A new crop of magnetic switches, sensors, and PCB-based position encoders aims to redefine position sensing in automotive, industrial, and robotic designs.


News Dec 03, 2024 by Charles Lee
Smart Sensing Made Simple | Tech Guide

Smart Sensing Made Simple | Tech Guide

Control automation engineer David Peterson explores the capabilities of Banner Engineering's U-Gage Ultrasonic Sensor, breaking down the details of sensor technology. Watch now to get started!


Solar Cell Challenges for Indoor IoT Applications

Solar Cell Challenges for Indoor IoT Applications

The intensity and spectrum of indoor lighting are vastly different from sunlight. This means indoor photovoltaic (IPV) technology must also be different. This article discusses those challenges and options for IPV cells, test methods, and standards.


Evolving Beyond Single-Processor Embedded Systems for IoT Edge Sensor Nodes

Evolving Beyond Single-Processor Embedded Systems for IoT Edge Sensor Nodes

Learn how system partitioning can optimize IoT edge sensor node operation by intelligently separating the analog sensors that measure slowly varying signals from the communication networks using high-speed digital signals.


Toshiba TPD4163F/TPD4164F DC Motor Drivers and Controllers | New Product Brief

Toshiba TPD4163F/TPD4164F DC Motor Drivers and Controllers | New Product Brief

Toshiba TPD4163F/TPD4164F DC Motor Drivers and Controllers are high-voltage power ICs designed for efficient PWM control, utilizing a robust SOI process. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


New Sensors Target Smartphones, Industrial, and Automotive Designs

New Sensors Target Smartphones, Industrial, and Automotive Designs

Samsung, Sensry, and Melexis recently announced new sensor technology and collaborations aimed at improving performance, power, and protection.


News Jul 15, 2024 by Arjun Nijhawan
ST Rolls Out IMU Geared for Industrial and Robotic Designs

ST Rolls Out IMU Geared for Industrial and Robotic Designs

The new inertial measurement unit integrates edge processing and analog sensing into a single package.


News Jun 12, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Solid-State Beam Steering Comes to 3D LiDAR

Solid-State Beam Steering Comes to 3D LiDAR

Lumotive and Hokuyo Automatic have teamed up to bring the world’s first true beam-steering sensor to 3D LiDAR.


News May 28, 2024 by Duane Benson
Understanding Input Signal Swing in Op Amps

Understanding Input Signal Swing in Op Amps

This article, the first in a two-part series on op amp signal swing, explains the characteristics and limitations of an operational amplifier’s input voltages.


Distance Measurement Solution Taps Bluetooth LE Channel Sounding

Distance Measurement Solution Taps Bluetooth LE Channel Sounding

In this news analysis piece, Nthatisi examines Silicon Labs’ High Accuracy Distance Measurement (HADM) solution, which leverages Bluetooth LE's Channel Sounding feature, designed for complex RF environments.


News Feb 09, 2024 by Nthatisi Hlapisi
AMD Launches Embedded+ Architecture Blending Ryzen and Versal

AMD Launches Embedded+ Architecture Blending Ryzen and Versal

Unveiled today, the new architecture hopes to facilitate sensor integration, offloaded processing, and faster times to market.


News Feb 06, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Infineon Rolls Out Magnetic Position Sensor Using TMR Technology

Infineon Rolls Out Magnetic Position Sensor Using TMR Technology

By measuring position with magnetics, the new position sensor frees up system real estate for designers.


News Jan 19, 2024 by Aaron Carman
How To Perform Fault Classification With an AI-Based Vibration Sensor Node

How To Perform Fault Classification With an AI-Based Vibration Sensor Node

Learn how to use edge AI technology to do predictive maintenance, leveraging machine learning, vibration sensors, and wireless connectivity.


Introduction to Pressure Transducers

Introduction to Pressure Transducers

Learn about pressure transducers: devices used in a variety of industrial, medical, automotive, and consumer applications to sense pressure and convert it into electrical energy.


Renesas’ 32-bit MCUs Bring Dedicated AFE to Industrial Sensor Systems

Renesas’ 32-bit MCUs Bring Dedicated AFE to Industrial Sensor Systems

The latest Renesas MCU includes 32-bit computation with high-performance analog functions.


News Nov 27, 2023 by Aaron Carman