Sensors

Honeywell is rounding out its SMART position sensor portfolio with the new Rotary Configuration that provides 360° non-contact angular position sensing. With this product, Honeywell offers a SMART Position Sensor that encompasses the most basic geometric configurations: lines, angles, and circles.

STMicroelectronics have today unveiled a miniature 6-axis sensor device with custom motion-recognition capabilities. ST’s latest iNEMO inertial module - the LSM330 - enhances user experience and motion-sensing realism in today’s space-constrained and power-hungry portable consumer devices and shortcuts the path to wearable sensor applications in fitness, healthcare and sports diagnostics. The LSM330 module houses a 3-axis digital gyroscope...

Avago have today revealed the availability of a new family of optically-isolated voltage sensors. This family is the industry’s first series of optical isolation amplifiers based on sigma-delta modulation that is specifically optimized for voltage sensing.

Honeywell have today unveiled its new Basic Board Mount Pressure Sensors . The NBP Series are Honeywell,s newest offering in its board mount pressure sensor product portfolio. They are a cost-effective, unamplified, uncompensated, basic performance, mV output, high quality and high resolution solution for customers seeking economical, high-volume board mount pressure sensors.

Sensortechnics now offers custom piezoresistive pressure sensors with very high resolution and accuracy from 2.5 mbar full scale. A high-quality, low noise amplifier and subsequent 24 bit A/D converter provide for high resolution digital signals comparable to analog signals and high signal-to-noise-ratios.

STMicroelectronics has expanded its sensor portfolio with a high-performance, ultra-compact e-compass module. The integration of motion and magnetic sensing in a tiny 3x3x1mm package opens new possibilities for advanced navigation and location-based services in ever-sleeker portable consumer devices.

The KP200 pressure sensor from Infineon Technologies AG plays an important role in increasing the protection of pedestrians and car occupants in the event of a collision. The pressure sensor is used in a new safety system that the automotive system supplier Continental AG has developed in collaboration with a well known automobile manufacturer. The first generation of the system is already being used in various premium vehicles. Continental chose...

NXP Semiconductors N.V. today launched the KMA220, a dual magnetic sensor designed for all automotive applications where a mechanical angle needs to be measured. Integrating two sensor systems in a single package, it is particularly relevant for throttle control applications where a redundant system solution is required. Operating in a simple disk magnet configuration with no need for a PCB or external components, the KMA220 offers a unique solu...

Transducer specialists RDP Electronics can provide specially ruggedized, sealed sensors for use in manipulating radioactive substances. Applications such as robotic devices or handling equipment for radioactive waste in cooling ponds demand waterproof sensors with very high radiation resistance.

CMOSIS today introduced a 20-Megapixel image sensor for demanding, industrial applications. With the introduction of the CMV20000, CMOSIS broadens its current CMV portfolio of high-performing global shutters CMOS image sensors addressing the high-resolution segment of the industrial vision applications as well.