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Microchip Forays Into Capacitive Touch Controllers for Buttons & Sliders

Microchip Forays Into Capacitive Touch Controllers for Buttons & Sliders

The MTCH3380P and MTCH3240P sample up to 12 sensor channels at once, which Microchip says keeps response fast on interfaces with up to 64 sensors.


News Oct 27, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Tech Shorts: 5 New Sensors Target Robots, Underwater Cameras, and More

Tech Shorts: 5 New Sensors Target Robots, Underwater Cameras, and More

Benewake, STMicroelectronics, TDK, and Vishay released sensors for near-field robot safety, dive-ready wearables, GNSS-free navigation, redundant motor control, and optical data links.


News Oct 21, 2026 by Luke James
Summit 2026 - Beyond 2D: Robotic Environmental Awareness with 3D ToF and RGB Sensor Fusion

Summit 2026 - Beyond 2D: Robotic Environmental Awareness with 3D ToF and RGB Sensor Fusion

Join Infineon and pmdtechnologies for a demo-driven webinar on combining precise distance data with rich texture to elevate performance, reliability, and ROI.


Summit 2026 - Advanced Position Sensing Solution For Humanoid Robots

Summit 2026 - Advanced Position Sensing Solution For Humanoid Robots

Infineon’s XENSIV™ Hall sensors enable precise motor control and tactile sensing in hands. Learn key design requirements and engineering challenges for stable, reliable robotic motion.


Summit 2026 - Beyond Piezo: The Future of Ultrasound with XENSIV™ MEMS Ultrasonic Transceiver

Summit 2026 - Beyond Piezo: The Future of Ultrasound with XENSIV™ MEMS Ultrasonic Transceiver

XENSIV™ MEMS transceivers enable smaller, more integrated, and highly scalable sensing solutions. Learn key design considerations and emerging use cases across robotics and automation.


Infineon Rolls Out Self-Calibrating Hall Angle Sensors for Motor Control

Infineon Rolls Out Self-Calibrating Hall Angle Sensors for Motor Control

The TLx49012 family computes its own error corrections on-chip, which Infineon says removes the need for external reference encoders during calibration.


News Oct 16, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Summit 2026 - Advancing Battery Safety Through Early Thermal Runaway Detection

Summit 2026 - Advancing Battery Safety Through Early Thermal Runaway Detection

Join this webinar to discover how Infineon's pressure sensors enable early thermal runaway detection and improve battery safety through fast, reliable pressure monitoring.


Singular Photonics Launches First SPAD Sensor With In-Pixel Processing

Singular Photonics Launches First SPAD Sensor With In-Pixel Processing

The Edinburgh startup's Litavis chip unifies imaging, timing, and histogramming on a single device.


News Oct 13, 2026 by Luke James
Nanopower’s Sensor Monitoring IC Saves Power on Always-On Devices

Nanopower’s Sensor Monitoring IC Saves Power on Always-On Devices

Nanopower Semiconductor’s power-saving IC manages sensors and peripherals while keeping the host MCU off, with an idle current of just 200 nA.


News Sep 17, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Paragraf Launches 12-Channel Graphene FET Platform and Real-Time Reader

Paragraf Launches 12-Channel Graphene FET Platform and Real-Time Reader

The PMF2002 multiplexes 12 customer-functionalized graphene sensing channels on one device, while the new Enterprise Reader adds direct electronic readout and real-time analysis.


News Sep 04, 2026 by Luke James
Microchip Debuts Rev 2 of Its PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge

Microchip Debuts Rev 2 of Its PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge

The new PolarFire FPGA-powered board from Microchip brings multiple sensors to Nvidia edge AI platforms.


News Aug 24, 2026 by Duane Benson
Three Research Teams Take Different Routes to Control Light

Three Research Teams Take Different Routes to Control Light

Papers from École Polytechnique, Seoul National University, and Harvard tackle optical gain, on-chip buffering, and component footprint.


News Aug 20, 2026 by Luke James
MEMS Sensors Measure Pressures as Low as 2 Bar in Gas and Liquid

MEMS Sensors Measure Pressures as Low as 2 Bar in Gas and Liquid

Melexis has added low-pressure variants with analog, LIN, and SENT output options to its Triphibian pressure sensor family.


News Jul 30, 2026 by Jake Hertz
4 New Memory ICs Scale From AI Accelerators to Industrial Sensors

4 New Memory ICs Scale From AI Accelerators to Industrial Sensors

New HBM, UFS, NAND, and EEPROM devices span the storage stack.


News Jul 24, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Arduino Launches Plug-and-Play Modules for Long-Range Sensor Projects

Arduino Launches Plug-and-Play Modules for Long-Range Sensor Projects

With the three new boards, developers can seamlessly integrate complex I2C sensor networks with motor drive systems without the headaches of chaotic wiring.


News Jul 17, 2026 by Dr. Steve Arar
Efinix Seeks to Overcome Edge AI Constraints With New FPGA Family

Efinix Seeks to Overcome Edge AI Constraints With New FPGA Family

The Titanium Edge FPGA family targets constrained edge AI with 50% lower power, compact SiP packages, high-speed MIPI I/O, and robust security/reliability features for intelligent systems.


News Jul 14, 2026 by Austin Futrell
3 Pocket-Sized Photonics Innovations Power MedTech to Atomic Clocks

3 Pocket-Sized Photonics Innovations Power MedTech to Atomic Clocks

Research teams at EPFL, Harvard, and UC San Diego each reported photonic devices that shrink or repurpose light-based hardware.


News Jun 22, 2026 by Luke James
For the Netherlands, Photonics Initiatives Secure Global Leadership—Part 2

For the Netherlands, Photonics Initiatives Secure Global Leadership—Part 2

Learn how The Netherlands is leveraging billion-euro investments and European partnerships to scale integrated photonics from research into a world-leading, industrially mature production ecosystem.


News Apr 10, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Toshiba Adds High-Speed CCD Image Sensor to Machine Vision Portfolio

Toshiba Adds High-Speed CCD Image Sensor to Machine Vision Portfolio

The new linear sensor pushes the capture speed envelope for industrial machine vision.


News Feb 13, 2026 by Duane Benson
Toshiba Intros High-Speed Comparator for Industrial Safety

Toshiba Intros High-Speed Comparator for Industrial Safety

Toshiba has expanded its lineup with the TC75W71FU dual comparator with a 30-45 ns response and rail‑to‑rail I/O for safer overcurrent detection.


News Jan 29, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell