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Piezoelectric Speakers and Ultrasonic Sensors Abound: A MEMS-Based Audio Roundup

Piezoelectric Speakers and Ultrasonic Sensors Abound: A MEMS-Based Audio Roundup

Sound can be used to detect objects and communicate. This roundup looks at three new MEMS-based microphones and ultrasonic sensors on display at Sensor Expo 2018.


News Aug 16, 2018 by Mark Hughes
LeddarTech Releases 3D Solid State LiDAR System-on-Chips to Automotive Partners

LeddarTech Releases 3D Solid State LiDAR System-on-Chips to Automotive Partners

LeddarTech has announced that it has released engineering samples of its LCA2 3D Solid State LiDAR (SSL) sensors to an undisclosed automotive partner for evaluation.


News Aug 09, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Electronic Design Automation Beyond ICs: CIDAR Labs’ EDA Programs for Designing Genetic Circuits

Electronic Design Automation Beyond ICs: CIDAR Labs’ EDA Programs for Designing Genetic Circuits

Ever wonder what it would be like to alter your DNA? Researchers at Boston University and MIT are working on genetic circuit design automation that might allow you to do just that.


News Aug 01, 2018 by Donald Krambeck
FLiDAR – How Floating LiDAR Aims to Help the Wind Energy Industry Fix Costly Problems

FLiDAR – How Floating LiDAR Aims to Help the Wind Energy Industry Fix Costly Problems

LiDAR has recently taken off with engineers integrating it into anything they can whether it is robotics or astronomy. But FLiDAR, or Floating LiDAR, presents some real opportunities for solutions in areas that are otherwise difficult and costly to solve.


News Jul 27, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
Food Safety Roundup: Three Sensing Technologies for Detecting Hazards in Our Food

Food Safety Roundup: Three Sensing Technologies for Detecting Hazards in Our Food

Food safe sensors could tell us if food has gone bad. This could be beneficial for both health and the environment.


News Jul 23, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
MEMS Sensors for Automotive Applications: A Glance at STMicroelectronics’ 6-Axis Inertial Module

MEMS Sensors for Automotive Applications: A Glance at STMicroelectronics’ 6-Axis Inertial Module

While some car enthusiasts resist the integration of technology into automobiles, the industry is marching on towards more and more electronic components in cars. STMicroelectronics has announced their latest automotive-grade MEMS, the ASM330LHH, which aids in equipping cars with sensor technology.


News Jul 18, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
More Accurate and Secure Asset Tracking: Trends in Cellular and Indoor Location Technology

More Accurate and Secure Asset Tracking: Trends in Cellular and Indoor Location Technology

Here's a look at recent technologies released by PoLTE and decaWave, which provide indoor location services, and Telit, which provides cellular modules with a global reach.


News Jul 12, 2018 by Mark Hughes
Altitude Data for Drone Navigation: A Compact Barometric Pressure Sensor and Thermometer from Bosch

Altitude Data for Drone Navigation: A Compact Barometric Pressure Sensor and Thermometer from Bosch

The BMP388 is a digital MEMS barometer and thermometer in a 2mm x 2mm x 0.8mm package.


News Jul 11, 2018 by Mark Hughes
The World’s Largest “Ultrahigh-Sensitivity” Sensor Could Defend the Earth from Meteors

The World’s Largest “Ultrahigh-Sensitivity” Sensor Could Defend the Earth from Meteors

Canon has demonstrated the world's largest sensor at a whopping 400cm square that can be used in light levels as low as 0.3 lux. What challenges does such a sensor face and how could it be used to defend the earth?


News Jul 09, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
The Incredible Shrinking Circuit: Small PCBs and Smaller ICs in 2018

The Incredible Shrinking Circuit: Small PCBs and Smaller ICs in 2018

Electronic circuits are already small but they're getting smaller all the time. Micronnex and Invensas are two manufacturers whose technologies cannot be easily seen with the naked eye.


News Jul 06, 2018 by Mark Hughes
Precise Incline Measurement: A High-Stability 3-Axis Digital Accelerometer from STMicroelectronics

Precise Incline Measurement: A High-Stability 3-Axis Digital Accelerometer from STMicroelectronics

This article takes a look at the IIS3DHHC three-axis accelerometer from STMicroelectronics.


News Jul 05, 2018 by Mark Hughes
Product Brief: New CMOS Imaging Sensor by ams Aims to Be the Future for Machine Vision

Product Brief: New CMOS Imaging Sensor by ams Aims to Be the Future for Machine Vision

ams, an Austrian company which specializes in sensor technology with a special focus on miniaturization and low-power, recently announced the beginning of production for their CMV50000 CMOS image sensor.


News Jun 26, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Specifically Designed for Drone and Robotics: Bosch’s New High-Performance Inertial Measurement Unit

Specifically Designed for Drone and Robotics: Bosch’s New High-Performance Inertial Measurement Unit

Get the breakdown on a new Bosch IMU designed for robotics and drone operation and learn a bit about drone design considerations along the way.


News Jun 25, 2018 by Mark Hughes
Towards Better Power Supply Rejection Ratio Performance: ON Semiconductor’s New LDO Regulators

Towards Better Power Supply Rejection Ratio Performance: ON Semiconductor’s New LDO Regulators

Low drop out (LDO) regulators are useful in noise-sensitive situations but, when used with DC-DC converters, their PSRR performance is often lacking. ON Semiconductor has announced the NCP16x series of LDOs that aim to improve PSRR performance.


News Jun 19, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
What Is Solid State LiDAR and Is It Faster, Cheaper, Better?

What Is Solid State LiDAR and Is It Faster, Cheaper, Better?

Solid state LiDAR is gaining traction as a promising technology that is cheaper, faster, and provides higher resolution than traditional LiDAR, with predictions the price could eventually fall below $100 per unit.


News Jun 18, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Low-Noise, Wide-Bandwidth: A Single Axis Analog Accelerometer from Analog Devices

Low-Noise, Wide-Bandwidth: A Single Axis Analog Accelerometer from Analog Devices

The ADXL1005 by Analog Devices is a low noise, wide bandwidth, single-axis MEMS accelerometer with Analog Output.


News Jun 08, 2018 by Mark Hughes
Making Safer Implantable Medical Sensors: The Benefits and Challenges of Biodegradable Sensors

Making Safer Implantable Medical Sensors: The Benefits and Challenges of Biodegradable Sensors

Imagine an implantable sensor that did not need to be removed because it degrades by itself over time. Meet the biodegradable sensor!


News May 24, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
A Replacement to LM75/TMP75 Digital Temperature Sensors: The Texas Instruments TMP1075

A Replacement to LM75/TMP75 Digital Temperature Sensors: The Texas Instruments TMP1075

Texas Instruments announces their new TMP1075, which is a replacement to the industry standard LM75 and TMP75 digital temperature sensors.


News May 22, 2018 by Nick Davis
Sensirion’s “World’s Smallest Flow Sensor” for Taking Accurate Differential Pressure Measurements

Sensirion’s “World’s Smallest Flow Sensor” for Taking Accurate Differential Pressure Measurements

Sensirion announces their new SDP3x series of "the world's smallest differential pressure sensors," which allow for more integration and application possibilities.


News May 18, 2018 by Nick Davis
Measure Currents of Up to 50, 150, 400 Amps: A Galvanically Isolated Current Sensor IC

Measure Currents of Up to 50, 150, 400 Amps: A Galvanically Isolated Current Sensor IC

Allegro Microsystems announces a new family of current sensors for AC or DC current-sensing applications.


News Apr 30, 2018 by Nick Davis