PROFINET support, Factory Mutual (FM) approvals, and French and German language accessibility for its G5 Series measurement amplifiers have been announced by the BLH Nobel brand of Vishay Precision. The PROFINET support module for the BLH Nobel G5 Series allows the modern, user-friendly measurement amplifiers the necessary flexibility to keep pace with the very latest Industrial Ethernet automation standards in Asia and Europe.

  The Micro-Measurements brand of Vishay Precision Group has introduced a new range of miniature, light weight hybrid sensors, offering cost effective force, displacement, pressure, strain and acceleration measurements within high volume OEM and test applications.

The Model 303337 ultra-high precision military and space-grade resistor from the VPG Foil Resistors product group of Vishay Precision Group offers high-performance current sensing within mission-critical applications. The resistor produces a highly precise voltage that is directly proportional to measured current levels, with significantly reduced component sensitivity to applied power changes, including PCR and thermal resistance values.

The Micro-Measurements brand of Vishay Precision Group has announced the introduction of its S5060 Series, a line of Transducer Class multi-grid advanced strain sensors. The Series is designed to facilitate reliable, accurate, cost-effective multi-axis force, torque/axial and torsional load measurements within robotics, factory automation, machinery and tooling, agricultural and off-highway vehicle, and materials testing applications. T...

Manufacturers of Bulk Metal Foil resistors, the VPG Foil Resistors product group of Vishay Precision Group, has announced the global market launch of the Alpha Electronics FNP series, a family of high-power precision shunt resistors. The design of the Alpha Electronics FNP series incorporates VPG’s own proprietary Bulk Metal Foil technology for a low Temperature Coefficient of Resistance (TCR) down to 0±1ppm/°C, depending up...

  The Micro-Measurements brand of Vishay Precision Group has announced an optional pre-attached Teflon leadwire for its CEA- and WK-series strain gages, Option SP35, in support of high-temperature stress analysis requirements to +400°F (+204°C).

VPG Foil Resistors has announced that its Powertron brand has expanded its S-Line of precision Bulk Metal Foil current sense resistors with the new SHLR series. For industrial and energy applications, the SHLR 4-2321, SHLR 4-3825, and SHLR 4-3825H are the industry's first such devices to combine low resistance down to 0.001Ω, TCR to ±2ppm/K, and high power ratings up to 50W.

The product group of Vishay Precision Group, VPG Foil Resistors, has announced that its Alpha Electronics brand has introduced a series of precision surface-mount Bulk Metal Foil resistors that are the first such devices to be manufactured in a fully automated process — providing competitive pricing in high-volume applications for OEMs.

As part of its continued focus on the classroom, Micro-Measurements, a Vishay Precision Group brand, has introduced a recent version of its popular StudentDAQ pocket-sized, USB-powered data acquisition device for use with resistive strain sensors. Originally available with 120Ω quarter-bridge inputs, the version offers additional 350Ω and 1kΩ quarter-bridge inputs for more precise measurement in a variety of applications.

To meet the growing demand for precise and reliable compensation resistors used in building transducers such as load cells, Micro-Measurements, a Vishay Precision Group brand, has announced that its bondable resistors for transducers are now being built on Advanced Sensors Technology and feature high purity nickel. The LT02 and LT10 series of fixed value nickel resistors offer tight resistance tolerance and repeatable performance for use in trans...

Micro-Measurements, a Vishay Precision Group brand, has announced that it has doubled its Super Stock programme offerings. The off-the-shelf delivery programme now offers Micro-Measurements' worldwide network of customers an even broader range of general-purpose foil strain sensors. The pattern offerings cover the gamut of Micro-Measurements' product portfolio.

To help designers simulate circuit performance and reduce time to market, Vishay Intertechnology, has announced that Modelithics→, is now offering modeling for Vishay Vitramon VJ HIFREQ series high-frequency surface-mount multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) in the 0402 and 0603 case sizes.

Micro-Measurements, a Vishay Precision Group brand, has introduced a design, installation and customisation service for transducers built on foil strain gages. Drawing on the extensive PhotoStress experimental stress analysis experience of VPG's recently acquired Stress-Tek, StrainBond provides engineers with full transducer support from development through installation.

Vishay Intertechnology has introduced a series of surface-mount multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) optimised for high-voltage industrial and telecomms applications. Providing increased reliability over standard devices, the Vishay Vitramon HV High Voltage Series features a robust serial electrode design and an extended voltage range up to 5kV in four standard EIA sizes from 1812 to 2225.

A high-speed data acquisition system for dynamic test and measurement applications has been introduced by Micro-Measurements. It features a scanner with 12 RJ-45 strain gauge inputs and four configurable auxiliary slots to accommodate signals from thermocouples, piezoelectric sensors (both charge mode and voltage mode), and high-level voltage sensors.

Vishay Intertechnology has introduced a series of vPolyTan solid tantalum surface-mount chip capacitors that delivers increased volumetric efficiency for handheld consumer electronics. Combining polymer tantalum technology with Vishay's high-efficiency MicroTan→ packaging, the T58 series achieves industry-best capacitance-voltage ratings in six molded case codes, including 47µF-6.3V in the compact M0 (1608-10) case and 220µF-10V ...

VPG Foil Resistors announced that its brand has released the FRFC series, a new family of ultra-high-precision flip chip resistors based on the market-leading Z1 Foil Technology. The FRFC series delivers remarkable load life stability of 50 ppm, better withstanding to higher temperatures, and better moisture resistance than previous-generation foil resistors.

Micro-Measurements, a Vishay Precision Group (VPG) brand, has announced that it has established a distribution partnership with South Africa-based Elexsys to meet the country's high demand for precision strain gages in medical, test and measurement, military, force measurement, and energy applications.

Vishay Intertechnology will be highlighting its latest power MOSFET, IC, passive component and diode technologies for a wide range of applications at APEC 2016 – the Applied Power Electronics Conference taking place in California in March.

VPG Foil Resistors announced that its Vishay Foil Resistors (VFR) brand has released a demo that highlights the inherent advantages provided by the robust construction of VPG Bulk Metal Foil resistors. Available as a video, the demo compares the stability of foil resistors with thin film and thick film technologies when exposed to a high-power pulse.