Sensors

Wake up, shower, make coffee, water the lawn, activate the home alarm, drive to work; an average day for the average worker. What might not be so obvious is the number of sensors involved in all of those seemingly mundane activities. From the utilities powering and monitoring your electric and hot water usage, to automatic coffee machines, sprinkler and alarm systems, to the manufacturing and ongoing service of your automobile — sensors are alr...

The new PyroMini infrared pyrometer from Calex Electronics is packed full of exciting new features. Its miniature sensing head measures just 18 mm x 45 mm, making it ideal for mounting in tight spaces. A high ambient version is capable of withstanding temperatures of up to 180°C without water or air-cooling, allowing significant energy and cost savings to be made.

Supporting global trends towards reducing package size in automotive sensor applications, Molex advances its customization and development capabilities to help automakers achieve greater competitive advantage

Today, device manufacturers, platform vendors and application developers are rushing to integrate motion software to enhance and differentiate their products. In turn, this trend is creating new opportunities for more advanced motion-based applications to be developed. Advanced motion processing software will take motion control in smartphones and tablets far beyond basic tilt sensing for landscape / portrait orientation detection and simple game...

Motion controlled applications are intrinsic to the smartphone user experience. As a result, the latest smartphones and tablets universally include an array of motion sensors, with a combination of accelerometers, magnetometers and, more recently, gyroscopes. This trend is set to continue.

Maxim Integrated Products announces the MAX78638, a turnkey solution for 3-phase motor energy measurement and diagnostics. Unlike previous bulky and expensive solutions that required moving the equipment from motor to motor, the highly integrated MAX78638 conveniently allows for constant and simultaneous monitoring of multiple pumps and motors.

TDK Corporation has expanded the NTCGP series of TDK NTC temperature sensors with types featuring lug terminals for the precise measurement of surface temperatures from -40 °C to +150 °C. With their metal lug terminals the compact and highly-reliable epoxy-dipped NTC thermistors can be screwed directly to circuit boards and mounted components. Mass production will begin in September 2012.

Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX17823, a fourth-generation high-voltage battery sensor for mission-critical automotive and industrial lithium-ion battery and fuel cell applications.

Point Grey today announces the addition of an exciting new model to its popular line of Flea3 USB 3.0 cameras. This newest Flea3 model uses the fast and sensitive EV76C560 global shutter CMOS image sensor from e2v to deliver high quality 1.3 MP images at 60 FPS.

At the IAA fair in Hannover, Iveco will present new solutions for protecting the passengers of light and heavy commercial vehicles.