Sensors

OMRON Corporation announce the release of a 2-axis MEMS flow sensor designed for high-precision measurement of airflow velocity and direction aimed at contributing to reducing the electricity consumption of air conditioning systems.

OmniVision announce the OV5656, a high performance, cost-effective 5-megapixel CameraChip sensor for growing smartphone, tablet and digital video camera markets. The OV5656 utilizes OmniVision’s improved and cost-competitive OmniBSI+ pixel architecture to deliver full-resolution, high-speed photography at 30 frames per second and high definition video, making it an attractive solution for a wide range of video-centric applications.

Measurement Specialties has just released its new U7100 pressure transducer for high volume industrial, engine and vehicle applications. Offering a pressure range from 0 to 15, up to 150 psi (10 Bar), this rugged automotive grade stainless steel pressure sensor has an operating temperature range from -40°C to +125°C and is water resistant up to 1M immersion.

The AS8515 system-in-package (SiP) introduced today by ams AG (SIX: AMS), a manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs and sensors for consumer, industrial and automotive applications, enables the implementation of a complete automotive battery measurement system when interfaced via SPI to any microcontroller.

New from Allegro MicroSystems Europe, the A1128 is a field-programmable, unipolar Hall-effect switch designed for use in high-temperature automotive and industrial applications, particularly those involving proximity sensing with ferromagnetic targets.

The MLX91802 is a system in package solution for tire pressure monitoring system implementations that combines an analog pressure sensor and a low power sensor interface with an MLX16 16-bit RISC-based microcontroller. It is housed in a compact, pressure ported, plastic SO16 package and has an operational temperature range of -40 °C to 125 °C.

Honeywell have today revealed that it has expanded its Zephyr airflow sensor HAF Series portfolio with new digital versions that provide airflow ranges of 0 to 20 Standard Litres per Minute and 0 to 200 SLPM. With this new product, Honeywell has leveraged its original Zephyr building block airflow sensor via a bypass to the main flow channel of the sensor, eliminating the need for a customer-designed bypass in equipment such as ventilators.

With regional support from its Swedish distributor AB Elwia, Penny + Giles – a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and designer and manufacturer of position sensors, solenoids, and joystick controllers – has supplied its SRH280DP rotary position sensors and TPS280DP throttle position sensors to the Chalmers Formula Student team, which competes in the Formula Student racing car series. This testing ground for the next generation of world...

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has developed a CMOS image sensor dedicated to meeting the specific performance, quality and long-term operational demands of automotive and surveillance camera applications.

ROHM recently announced the development of the BU6904GF/NUX and BU6906GF/NUX fan motor drivers with built-in Hall element ideal for driving cooling fans in notebook PCs, tablets, and gaming systems. These new drivers are the first to include an digital Automatic Gain Control function that contribute to not only greater miniaturization and lower power consumption, but reduced drive noise for silent operation.