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LITTELFUSE EBU - 51955 & 51956 Flange Mounts | Featured Product Spotlight

LITTELFUSE EBU - 51955 & 51956 Flange Mounts | Featured Product Spotlight

Littelfuse 59155 and 59156 subminiature flange mounting reed sensors stand out as the smallest of their kind on the market, tailored for industrial, appliances, and IoT proximity sensing applications. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


Toshiba Adds Six Over-Temperature Detection ICs to Portfolio

Toshiba Adds Six Over-Temperature Detection ICs to Portfolio

The latest Toshiba temperature ICs extend the applicability of Thermoflagger technology.


News Sep 19, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Memory, Processing, & Security: Focal Points of New Automotive Releases

Memory, Processing, & Security: Focal Points of New Automotive Releases

Automotive developers seek new ways to up safety, functionality, and comfort in modern vehicles. These mobility products may help to meet such targets.


News Sep 13, 2023 by Darshil Patel
Behind Saildrone: The Company Sending Autonomous Sailboats Into the Eye of Hurricanes

Behind Saildrone: The Company Sending Autonomous Sailboats Into the Eye of Hurricanes

Driven by wind and solar power, storm-chasing Saildrone vessels are autonomously collecting valuable scientific data for up to a year at a time.


News Sep 12, 2023 by Aaron Carman
KEMET Disc Shape Piezoelectric Transducers | New Product Brief

KEMET Disc Shape Piezoelectric Transducers | New Product Brief

KEMET Electronics' Disc Shape Piezoelectric Transducers harness the power of cutting-edge piezoceramic materials to leverage the remarkable piezoelectric effect. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


With ASIC-Based Approach, Altos Radar Races to Lead Automotive Vision

With ASIC-Based Approach, Altos Radar Races to Lead Automotive Vision

Launched in January 2023, Altos Radar is fast-tracking a viable 4D automotive radar system with a recent $3.5M seed round.


News Sep 06, 2023 by Duane Benson
HONEYWELL BAS Battery Safety Aerosol Sensor | New Product Brief

HONEYWELL BAS Battery Safety Aerosol Sensor | New Product Brief

Honeywell BAS series of Battery Safety Aerosol Sensors are specialized devices designed for detecting and reporting thermal runaway events within lithium-ion battery packs. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


In Promising New Study, Analog AI Chip Restores a Stroke Patient’s Voice

In Promising New Study, Analog AI Chip Restores a Stroke Patient’s Voice

The University of California researchers implanted 253 electrodes over the patient's speech center of the brain, intercepting signals that, if not for the stroke, would have gone to muscles in her lips, tongue, jaw, and larynx.


News Sep 01, 2023 by Duane Benson
Lumotive Releases First Commercial Optical Beam-Steering Chip for LiDAR

Lumotive Releases First Commercial Optical Beam-Steering Chip for LiDAR

All About Circuits received exclusive details about Lumotive’s new LM10 chip, the first commercial optical beam-steering chip designed to make optical 3D sensing as mainstream as cameras.


News Aug 31, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Rohm’s Automotive Hall ICs Offer ‘Industry-Leading Withstand Voltage’

Rohm’s Automotive Hall ICs Offer ‘Industry-Leading Withstand Voltage’

Rohm has devised a new unipolar and latch Hall-effect sensor to better detect magnetic fields in automotive designs.


News Aug 28, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Autonomous Robot Takes to the Soccer Field to Aim, Pass, and Score

Autonomous Robot Takes to the Soccer Field to Aim, Pass, and Score

To play a complex sport, this competitive robot uses multiple processors and local computer vision.


News Aug 22, 2023 by Aaron Carman
TI Tightens Accuracy and Integration of New Current Sensing Solutions

TI Tightens Accuracy and Integration of New Current Sensing Solutions

TI says the new Hall-effect current sensor and EZShunt integrated shunt portfolio balance the major features of current sensing solutions: cost, size, accuracy, and speed.


News Aug 22, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Vishay Shrinks Down VCSEL-based Reflective Optical Sensor

Vishay Shrinks Down VCSEL-based Reflective Optical Sensor

Vishay's new optical sensor packs a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) and a silicon phototransistor in a 1.85 mm x 1.2 mm x 0.6 mm package.


News Aug 17, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Teledyne FLIR’s New Radiometric Thermal Camera Offers Widest FOV Yet

Teledyne FLIR’s New Radiometric Thermal Camera Offers Widest FOV Yet

With a wider FOV and radiometric abilities, the newest thermal camera module allows designers to see more in the same package size as previous Lepton cameras.


News Aug 15, 2023 by Aaron Carman
CU Boulder Team Builds Shape-shifting Display With Actuator Technology

CU Boulder Team Builds Shape-shifting Display With Actuator Technology

The 3D display table can dynamically respond to touch, sort items, and create pop-up displays—and it can perform multiple functions at once.


News Aug 09, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Haptics Development Board is Small Enough to Fit Inside Your Lightsaber

Haptics Development Board is Small Enough to Fit Inside Your Lightsaber

Aimed at easing the process of developing devices that require HD haptics, Titan Haptics has unveiled a tiny board designed both for development and and for embedding into your design.


News Aug 02, 2023 by Jeff Child
Graphene FET Tests Multiple Diseases On Chip at Once

Graphene FET Tests Multiple Diseases On Chip at Once

Archer Materials’ latest device uses ultra-thin graphene to detect multiple diseases on one chip. The next goal: a reconfigurable biochip.


News Aug 01, 2023 by Aaron Carman
In Lieu of PIR Detectors, ST’s New IR Sensor Uses Thermal Transistors

In Lieu of PIR Detectors, ST’s New IR Sensor Uses Thermal Transistors

Hoping to heighten motion sensitivity in building automation, ST has released a lens-free IR sensor with micromachined thermal MOSFETs.


News Jul 31, 2023 by Aaron Carman
New Temperature Sensor May Simplify Thermal Monitoring for Circuits

New Temperature Sensor May Simplify Thermal Monitoring for Circuits

Researchers at the University of Tokyo recently developed a new type of thermal sensor on a lightweight rolled-plastic base.


News Jul 27, 2023 by Duane Benson
EM Side-Channel Attacks on Cryptography

EM Side-Channel Attacks on Cryptography

Electromagnetic-based side-channel attacks are non-invasive, meaning the attacker does not need physical access to the device to steal information. We’ll look at how these EM side-channel attacks work.