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New Quantum Image Sensing Tech Trumps Traditional Image Sensors

New Quantum Image Sensing Tech Trumps Traditional Image Sensors

CMOS imaging loses 75% of incident light. Quantum imaging retains up to 95% of its light. And that's only the start.


News Aug 19, 2020 by Jake Hertz
How to Obtain the Temperature Value from a Thermistor Measurement

How to Obtain the Temperature Value from a Thermistor Measurement

This article explains how to use an NTC or a PTC thermistor with an ADC, along with the various process techniques to convert ADC measured results into a usable temperature value.


“Drawn-on-Skin” Electronics Gather Data During Motion

“Drawn-on-Skin” Electronics Gather Data During Motion

A new type of so-called drawn-on-skin electronics reportedly allows precise biological data to be harvested while the wearer is in motion.


News Aug 14, 2020 by Luke James
A Smart Ring Helps NBA and WNBA Players Detect Early Symptoms of COVID-19

A Smart Ring Helps NBA and WNBA Players Detect Early Symptoms of COVID-19

Smart ring company Oura has partnered with both the NBA and WNBA to keep players safe while the season resumes.


News Aug 14, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Radar is at the Heart of New People-Counting Technology

Radar is at the Heart of New People-Counting Technology

To monitor building occupancy post-COVID-19, many companies are turning to people-counting systems—with versatile radar technology as the key ingredient.


News Aug 06, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons
AI at the Edge: New Machine Learning Engine Deploys Directly on Sensors

AI at the Edge: New Machine Learning Engine Deploys Directly on Sensors

ONE Tech's upgraded MicroAI Atom brings AI training and operation down to a single device.


News Aug 03, 2020 by Maya Jeyendran
NASA Taps Teledyne CCD Image Sensors to Search for Past Life on Mars

NASA Taps Teledyne CCD Image Sensors to Search for Past Life on Mars

Teledyne e2v’s CCD image sensor is headed to Mars on NASA's Perseverance Rover. Its mission? To investigate rock samples on the red planet for past signs of life.


Reviewing a Subcategory of Hall-Effect Sensors: the Unipolar Hall-Effect Sensor

Reviewing a Subcategory of Hall-Effect Sensors: the Unipolar Hall-Effect Sensor

The unipolar Hall-effect sensor, also known as a unipolar switch, animates a variety of proximity-sensing devices—from gear-shift levers to laptop screens.


News Jul 30, 2020 by Jake Hertz
STMICROELECTRONICS Time-of-Flight Ranging Sensor | New Product Brief

STMICROELECTRONICS Time-of-Flight Ranging Sensor | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Image Sensor Roundup: Toshiba, Sony, and Samsung Zero In on Industrial and Smartphone Applications

Image Sensor Roundup: Toshiba, Sony, and Samsung Zero In on Industrial and Smartphone Applications

These new devices are forging innovation in image sensor technology—speeding up industrial equipment, doubling up on pixels, and capturing both visible and invisible light.


News Jul 24, 2020 by Nicholas St. John
With an Uptick in Social Distancing Devices, Time-of-Flight Sensors May Simplify Designs

With an Uptick in Social Distancing Devices, Time-of-Flight Sensors May Simplify Designs

Reopening businesses are honing in on social distancing. Time-of-flight proximity sensors may be the answer to cost-effective, easy-to-integrate designs for such use cases.


News Jul 23, 2020 by Maya Jeyendran
New Wearable Prototype from Cornell’s SciFi Lab Senses Hand Position, Even Through Objects

New Wearable Prototype from Cornell’s SciFi Lab Senses Hand Position, Even Through Objects

By means of four wrist-mounted thermal cameras, the detailed positions of 20 points on the human hand can be tracked in real time.


News Jul 23, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Biometric System on Cards Pave Way for a No-Contact Checkout Experience

Biometric System on Cards Pave Way for a No-Contact Checkout Experience

BSoCs show how the design demands in the medical and e-commerce industries are notably shifting as a reaction to COVID-19.


Potential Advances in Flexible Electronics Could Now Be Looming Thanks to Penn State Research

Potential Advances in Flexible Electronics Could Now Be Looming Thanks to Penn State Research

A new, fundamental understanding of polymeric relaxor ferroelectric behavior could lead to major advances in flexible electronics.


News Jul 15, 2020 by Luke James
Optical Sensors are the Key to Health-Monitoring Wearables—And Size is Critical

Optical Sensors are the Key to Health-Monitoring Wearables—And Size is Critical

Optical sensors have made it big in the medical device industry. And with wearables taking on increasing roles for health monitoring, size is paramount.


News Jul 11, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Continuous Medical Monitoring Is Now a Reality With Sophisticated Smartwatch Circuitry

Continuous Medical Monitoring Is Now a Reality With Sophisticated Smartwatch Circuitry

Smartwatches are increasingly used as medical devices. What's going on at the circuit level for these bio-metric wearables?


News Jul 09, 2020 by Nicholas St. John
How to Measure Gas Flow in a Mechanical Ventilator Using a Differential Pressure Sensor

How to Measure Gas Flow in a Mechanical Ventilator Using a Differential Pressure Sensor

In this article, we’ll look at another interesting application of pressure sensing in mechanical ventilation.


Engineers Deal With Drift in Many Ways. What About a “Zero Drift” Hall-Effect Current Sensor?

Engineers Deal With Drift in Many Ways. What About a “Zero Drift” Hall-Effect Current Sensor?

You may be familiar with current-sense amplifiers to mitigate drift. Now, Texas Instruments offers what they call the "industry’s first zero-drift Hall-effect current sensors."


News Jul 08, 2020 by Jake Hertz
What Makes Touchscreen Technology Tick?

What Makes Touchscreen Technology Tick?

In the past 20 years, touchscreen technology—be it resistive or capacitive—has dominated interface markets. What makes them tick? One major factor is touchscreen controllers.


News Jun 30, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
Continuous-Wave Radar Systems May Replace Cuffed Blood Pressure Armbands

Continuous-Wave Radar Systems May Replace Cuffed Blood Pressure Armbands

Uncomfortable cuffed armbands for blood pressure monitoring may be a technology of the past with continuous-wave radar systems.


News Jun 29, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons