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Understanding and Modeling Piezoelectric Sensors

Understanding and Modeling Piezoelectric Sensors

This article explains some theory behind piezoelectric sensors and presents an equivalent circuit that you can use when you’re designing sensor systems.


A Slow-Roll Revolution? Graphene Research Yields New Biosensors, UAV “Skins”, and Molecular Filters

A Slow-Roll Revolution? Graphene Research Yields New Biosensors, UAV “Skins”, and Molecular Filters

Graphene has been considered a "material of the future" for decades. Continuing research efforts across several industries continue to yield promising results, including graphene biosensors.


News Oct 09, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
KEMET OHD Series Thermal Guard Sensors | New Product Brief

KEMET OHD Series Thermal Guard Sensors | New Product Brief

KEMET Electronics’ OHD Series Thermal Guard Sensors provide highly reliable, high speed on/off operation based on atmospheric temperature detection or component overheating, providing safety standard conformity and effective thermal threshold control.


A Look at Chirp’s Range and Presence Sensing MEMS Time-of-Flight Ultrasonic Sensors

A Look at Chirp’s Range and Presence Sensing MEMS Time-of-Flight Ultrasonic Sensors

What do you get when you combine an ultrasonic transducer with micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) machining?


News Oct 04, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
How to Set Up ROHM’s Arduino Sensor Shield for IoT | AAC How-To

How to Set Up ROHM’s Arduino Sensor Shield for IoT | AAC How-To

This video demonstrates how to set up and use ROHM's sensor evaluation kit for IoT for prototyping and testing new IoT devices.


Mayo Clinic Demonstrates Ability of Implantable Device to Help Paralyzed Man Walk Again

Mayo Clinic Demonstrates Ability of Implantable Device to Help Paralyzed Man Walk Again

Implantable electronic devices have shown promise in helping medical patients regain functionality in various limbs after paralysis injuries. Last week, the Mayo Clinic announced that one such device has allowed a paralyzed man to begin walking with assistance.


News Oct 03, 2018 by David Jones
TE Connectivity Measurement Specialties AD-101 Series | New Product Brief

TE Connectivity Measurement Specialties AD-101 Series | New Product Brief

TE Connectivity’s Measurement Specialties AD-101 Air Bubble Detector provides non-invasive continuous monitoring of fluids for air bubbles and is ideal for medical devices, chemical analysis, food processing, and other fluid applications.


Panasonic PIR Motion Sensors | Featured Product Spotlight

Panasonic PIR Motion Sensors | Featured Product Spotlight

Panasonic PIR Motion Sensors are PIR sensors that use Panasonic proprietary technology for lower current consumption, high signal-to-noise ratio, and simpler design.


Protect Your Personal Castle With the Gentleman Maker’s Photon Trebuchet

Protect Your Personal Castle With the Gentleman Maker’s Photon Trebuchet

In this Gentleman Maker project, we will use Particle Photon boards to power a motion-sensing trebuchet that can fend off all your mischievous intruders.


Projects Sep 27, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
Maxim Integrated Releases Development Platform for Biometrics Monitoring in Health Applications

Maxim Integrated Releases Development Platform for Biometrics Monitoring in Health Applications

Maxim Integrated just announced the second generation of its Health Sensor Platform, a development platform for designing wearable devices for remote biometric monitoring.


News Sep 26, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
Schurter Touchkit with PCAP Touchscreen | New Product Brief

Schurter Touchkit with PCAP Touchscreen | New Product Brief

Schurter’s Touchkit is a plug-and-play kit designed for engineers to evaluate and develop with projected-capacitive touchscreen technology.


Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Field Sensors: Applications for TMR Sensors

Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Field Sensors: Applications for TMR Sensors

What are TMR sensors and what applications are they best suited to? This article provides a snapshot of this sensor type and what TMR-based components are available for designers.


News Sep 24, 2018 by Kate Smith
STMicroelectronics STEVAL-SMARTAG1 NFC Sensor Node Evaluation Board | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics STEVAL-SMARTAG1 NFC Sensor Node Evaluation Board | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics’ NFC Tracker evaluation board is an ultra-low power sensor node with an NFC tag, MCU, and sensors for developing IoT, industrial, retail, and other sensing applications.


How to Design a Super Simple Sensor System for Industrial Monitoring Applications

How to Design a Super Simple Sensor System for Industrial Monitoring Applications

This article describes an Ethernet-connected subsystem of a larger modular sensor system designed for industrial or smart home sensing and monitoring. We will discuss a custom sensor subsystem developed for this application.


Projects Sep 12, 2018 by Mark Hughes
Sports Tech Roundup: Better Safety and Performance Through Sensors and GPS

Sports Tech Roundup: Better Safety and Performance Through Sensors and GPS

In this roundup, we'll take a look at some recent sports technology advancements.


News Sep 05, 2018 by Donald Krambeck
How Design Kits Simplify IoT’s Last Mile to the Cloud

How Design Kits Simplify IoT’s Last Mile to the Cloud

A sneak peek of two IoT platforms allows developers to save time and cost while they streamline connectivity to the cloud services.


News Aug 31, 2018 by Majeed Ahmad
Meet WARLORD: Metawave Aims to Bring Millimeter-Wave RADAR Sensors to the Automotive Industry

Meet WARLORD: Metawave Aims to Bring Millimeter-Wave RADAR Sensors to the Automotive Industry

We've heard all about LiDAR sensors for autonomous vehicle applications. But what about RADAR?


News Aug 29, 2018 by Mark Hughes
How Cloud-Based CAE Is Changing Prototyping: An Interview with Ian Campbell, CEO of OnScale

How Cloud-Based CAE Is Changing Prototyping: An Interview with Ian Campbell, CEO of OnScale

The days of manual prototyping may be numbered, but so could prohibitively expensive IP licenses.


News Aug 27, 2018 by Karissa Manske
The Convergence of Automotive Trends: A Conversation with GaN Systems CEO Jim Witham

The Convergence of Automotive Trends: A Conversation with GaN Systems CEO Jim Witham

GaN Systems CEO Jim Witham spoke with AAC about the unique challenges of efficient power in automotive applications and how autonomous vehicles represent a convergence of trends across the industry.


News Aug 23, 2018 by Kate Smith
Texas Instruments mmWave Sensors | Featured Product Spotlight

Texas Instruments mmWave Sensors | Featured Product Spotlight

Texas Instruments mmWave Sensors are the first single-chip, CMOS millimeter wave sensors available and prove 3 times the accuracy than alternatives while also shrinking the sensing footprint and power consumption.