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Seek Thermal Unveils New Thermal Cameras for Test, Security, and IoT

Seek Thermal Unveils New Thermal Cameras for Test, Security, and IoT

With the Micro Core and Mosaic Core, OEMs can easily integrate thermal imaging capabilities into their products.


News Dec 11, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Diodes Incorporated Revamps Piezo Sound Driver to Drive Loads Up to 47nF

Diodes Incorporated Revamps Piezo Sound Driver to Drive Loads Up to 47nF

The PAM8940E can generate its own drive voltage while still driving large external loads up to 47nF.


News Dec 06, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
ST Highlights New Temperature Sensors’ Accuracy—to Within 0.25°C

ST Highlights New Temperature Sensors’ Accuracy—to Within 0.25°C

The STTS22H from STMicroelectronics typically draws 0.5 µA in standby mode.


News Nov 19, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
ams Unveils Family of Digital Temperature Sensors for Tight Thermal Control

ams Unveils Family of Digital Temperature Sensors for Tight Thermal Control

Sized at only 1.5 mm2, members of the AS621x family offer a range of temperature accuracies for design flexibility.


News Nov 12, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
New AI Secures Public Spaces Using Security Cameras, Drone Surveillance, and Facial Recognition

New AI Secures Public Spaces Using Security Cameras, Drone Surveillance, and Facial Recognition

The ever-advancing field of artificial intelligence is opening new vistas for securing homes and public spaces alike.


News Nov 09, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
TE’s New Multi-Sensor Module Geared to Push Smart Devices to Market Faster

TE’s New Multi-Sensor Module Geared to Push Smart Devices to Market Faster

The pre-engineered module aims to save developers the effort of finding and deploying separate sensing solutions.


News Nov 06, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
New ams Color Sensor Designed to Eliminate Flicker in Rolling Shutter Sensors

New ams Color Sensor Designed to Eliminate Flicker in Rolling Shutter Sensors

The highly sensitive flicker sensor is designed to deliver distortion-free images and videos captured on a smartphone camera.


News Nov 05, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Melexis Announces Pressure Sensing IC for Engine EVAP Systems

Melexis Announces Pressure Sensing IC for Engine EVAP Systems

The MLX90821 measures pressures that dip down to 50 mbars in the EVAP systems of internal combustion or hybrid engines.


News Oct 23, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
TDK Announces Series of New Ultrasonic Sensor Disks

TDK Announces Series of New Ultrasonic Sensor Disks

TDK's newest devices span applications in both liquid and air-based media.


News Sep 20, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Firmware Enables Gas Sensors to Personalize Monitoring Services

Firmware Enables Gas Sensors to Personalize Monitoring Services

A new chapter begins for miniaturized gas sensors equipped with ASIC-based hardware and configurable software capable of rapidly adopting new sensing platforms.


News Sep 05, 2019 by Majeed Ahmad
DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge Tasks Engineers with Communication and Sensor Issues

DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge Tasks Engineers with Communication and Sensor Issues

DARPA’s Subterranean (SubT) Challenge seeks to find new ways to cope with complex underground environments.


News Sep 02, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Time of Flight 3D Sensors Roundup: TI, Espros, AMS, and Artilux

Time of Flight 3D Sensors Roundup: TI, Espros, AMS, and Artilux

Learn the different ways companies are using time-of-flight 3D sensor technology to create products for facial recognition, smart cars, and manufacturing.


News Aug 24, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
MIT Researchers Introduce a Battery-Free, Underwater Sensor

MIT Researchers Introduce a Battery-Free, Underwater Sensor

Energy harvesting is something that many engineers have heard of but MIT has taken this concept to a whole new level with an underwater sensor that has no battery.


News Aug 21, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
Renesas Releases RX65N Cloud Kit For IoT Product Development

Renesas Releases RX65N Cloud Kit For IoT Product Development

This week, Renesas released a new IoT development kit, the RX65N Wi-Fi Connectivity Cloud Kit. What can this kit do and how can it help develop the latest IoT products?


News Aug 20, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
Maxim Integrated’s Newest Clinical-Grade Sensors Claim High Accuracy and Low Power for Wearables

Maxim Integrated’s Newest Clinical-Grade Sensors Claim High Accuracy and Low Power for Wearables

Maxim claims their newest temperature sensor and heart-rate monitor are "lowest-power" with clinical-grade accuracy.


News Jul 30, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
3D Printing Electronic Components? Nano Dimension Releases DragonFly LDM Manufacturing Platform

3D Printing Electronic Components? Nano Dimension Releases DragonFly LDM Manufacturing Platform

DragonFly LDM extends the scope of 3D printing to the unattended, low-volume manufacturing of electronic circuitry.


News Jul 29, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Vesper Releases New MEMS VM3000 Microphone

Vesper Releases New MEMS VM3000 Microphone

Vesper has announced their first piezoelectric digital MEMS microphone for audio applications in voice recognition.


News Jul 26, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
Bio-Inspired Wearable Fabric Sensor Takes Notes from Octopus Suckers

Bio-Inspired Wearable Fabric Sensor Takes Notes from Octopus Suckers

Researchers from a Korean university have studied octopus to learn how to make better stick-on wearable sensors.


News Jul 19, 2019 by Nidia Trejo
ROHM’s Smart City Sensor Module Detects Earthquakes—But the Real Star Is the Algorithm

ROHM’s Smart City Sensor Module Detects Earthquakes—But the Real Star Is the Algorithm

Built with inexpensive hardware components, ROHM's algorithm-based module has built-in false detection function.


News Jul 11, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
How Ultrasonic Flow Meters and IoT Connectivity Combine for Smart Metering Systems

How Ultrasonic Flow Meters and IoT Connectivity Combine for Smart Metering Systems

Smart cities are exploiting the power of the Internet of Things to prevent wasting water.


News Jul 10, 2019 by Gary Elinoff