Sensors
API Technologies Debuts Breakthrough Digital Accelerometer with Built-in User-Controlled Analytical Tools
API Technologies Corp announced today its’ new XL403D Advanced Digital Accelerometer. The patent pending XL403D is the first accelerometer of its kind that supports SCPI-like commands, returns data in engineering units, and works with any standard terminal emulator. It will be showcased for the first time this week at Booth #4347 in Hall C at AUSA 2012 in Washington DC.
Freescale Introduces First CAN-Based Intelligent Sensor for Automotive Battery Monitoring
Freescale Semiconductor today introduced the MM9Z1J638 Xtrinsic battery sensor, the industry’s first CAN-based battery sensor that accurately measures the voltage, current and temperature of lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries, as well as calculating the battery state – all while operating in harsh automotive conditions. Accurate knowledge of these battery parameters has become critical due to the increase in hybrid vehicles and overa...
Humidity and temperature sensor with impressive new features
Specially designed for HVAC, the EE160 sensor by E+E Elektronik is a cost-effective, highly accurate and reliable solution for measuring relative air humidity and temperature. The precision of E+E's advanced sensor technology is combined with the latest manufacturing technologies to create a product with an outstanding price/performance ratio.
Omnivision Announces Industry’S Smallest AEC-Q100 Qualified Automotive Image Sensor
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. today announced the OV7955, a low cost, high performance NTSC analog and digital image sensor designed specifically for mainstream automotive applications. The AEC-Q100 Grade 2 qualified OV7955 offers superior low-light sensitivity and fits into ultra-compact modules, making it an ideal camera solution for rear-view, surround-view and blind spot detection systems.
Omnivision’S Ov10630 Selected By Tesla Motors To Enable Advanced Rear-View Camera Application
OmniVision Technologies, Inc today announced that its OV10630 image sensor was selected by Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) to support the manufacturer’s rear-view camera system in Model S, the world’s first premium electric sedan. The megapixel OV10630 was chosen by Tesla Motors for its ability to combine 720p high definition (HD) video with industry-leading color high dynamic range (HDR) to produce crisp, clear images in even the most challengin...
Volvo Car Corporation Still Leads Airbag Development After 25 Life-Saving Years
The first Volvo car equipped with an airbag left the assembly line in 1987 - and since then the company has extended the technology with several world-firsts. Volvo was first with both the seat-mounted side airbag and the Inflatable Curtain (IC) - and in 2012 the technology's 25th anniversary was celebrated with the introduction of the groundbreaking pedestrian airbag in the all-new Volvo V40.
Enhancing Airbag Safety: ams IC Helps To Detect Presence Of Infants In Passenger Seat
ams has announced that their ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) for car seat occupancy detection systems is now entering high-volume production. Takata Corporation, the leading automotive safety systems supplier, will employ the ASIC in their occupant classification systems.
New SU-MM5.10 lean-angle sensor for motorcycles
The new KTM 1190 Adventure and KTM 1190 Adventure R are the world's first motorcycles to feature Bosch Engineering’s new SU-MM5.10 lean-angle sensor as standard equipment. The sensor replaces the previous SU-MM3.10 model. It constantly supplies data on the motorcycle's driving dynamics, thus providing the basis for numerous safety and comfort functions and ensuring safer, more comfortable, and also more dynamic motorcycling.
Rugged MEMs pressure sensors from Melexis deliver high accuracy & ease of use via innovative technology
Melexis introduces the first of its new line of commercial, off the shelf, packaged MEMs pressure sensors. The MLX90809 benefits from 10+ years of developing custom MEMs pressure sensors for demanding automotive applications. This device is a highly accurate, AEC Q100 qualified relative pressure sensor specifically targeted at 1 Bar applications. The company’s proprietary piezo-resistive MEMS technology combined with a high accuracy sensing...
New Bosch MEMS acceleration sensors Fifth generation of sensitive crash detectors SMA58x and SMA59x in SOIC14n housing
Bosch has introduced the next generation of peripheral acceleration sensors for passenger protection systems in vehicles – the fifth since 1996. The key features of the new digital sensors include a wide measurement range of between ±120 g and ±480 g and the choice of communication via the SPI or the PSI5-V1.3 interface. Peripheral sensors are located at the outermost points of a vehicle's engine compartment, at the sides, or at the rear, thu...