Sensors

Providing design engineers with an adjustable reflective switch to meet a number of non-contact reflective object sensing application needs, TT electronics OPTEK Technology has enhanced its long distance reflective switch with adjustable sensitivity and simplified mounting. The OPB725A-18Z device uses an infrared LED and a logic output sensor in a reflective switch configuration, and features a reflective sensing distance of up to 24” depending...

Sensortechnics’ new SSI stainless steel OEM pressure sensors accurately measure gage or absolute pressures in ranges from 200 mbar up to 35 bar. These devices offer excellent stability and repeatability, achieving a Total Error Band (TEB) better than ±1.5 %FSS over a temperature range of -20…+85 °C. Sensortechnics’ SSI pressure sensors use precision digital signal conditioning and provide both analog 0.5…4.5 V output as well as digital ...

Sensortechnics’ new LBA series offers differential low pressure measurement with ranges of 250 and 500 Pa Full Scale. The LBA sensors perform fully analog on-chip CMOS signal conditioning to allow for linear and temperature compensated outputs with high differential pressure resolution of typ. 0.1 % and fast response times of typ. 1 ms.

Proxima RF Technology Inc. and Phase IV Engineering, Inc. have partnered to offer HF RFID enabled sensing products based on the powerful, new Melexis MLX90129 sensor IC that allows new sensing applications that previously would have been left on the drawing board. Proxima RF designs 13.56MHz High Frequency (HF) readers and holds a patent on integrating readers in handheld devices while Phase IV Engineering provides complete wireless and embedded ...

STMicroelectronics has announced a super-small and power-efficient temperature sensor allowing portable devices to benefit from features such as intelligent thermal protection. As today’s consumer lifestyles demand unprecedented performance and portability from products such as solid-state drives, notebook computers, eREADERS, smartphones, basestations and digital signage, hard-working electronics are packed into confined spaces and generate h...

Analog Devices introduced two fully calibrated, 16-bit-resolution, high-linearity digital temperature sensors that achieve the industry’s highest level of precision over a wide operating temperature range.

Imec and Holst Centre have developed very sensitive integrated sensing elements for gas detection. The polymer-coated microbridges in high-density arrays can detect ppm-level concentrations of vapors using on-chip integrated read-out techniques. The demonstrated technology is very suitable for miniaturization of electronic nose devices thanks to the low power consumption (

ATC Semitec’s AT-11 series temperature sensor offers the best accuracy/cost/quality ratio available in the industry. Precise to ±0.3deg.K at 25deg.C and with a fast-response tip (only 6 x 5 x 15mm long), the AT-11 accurately controls the air or water temperature in your application up to 105deg.C.

The Deeter Group announced the launch of its Wireless Sensor System for industrial measurement and control. At the centre of the system is the simple-to-use Base Station designed to receive data from remote wireless devices such as the Deeter Liquid Vertical Sensor (LVCS-RF). The base station converts remote sensor input signals into industry standard process outputs. The Base Station acts as the coordinator for an IEEE 802.15.4 wireless sensor ...

At the Sensor+Test fair in Nuremberg, Isabellenhütte unveiled its precision current sensor with analogue voltage output. The new sensor, the IAS, does not require a digital interface or digital converter, reducing size and costs – an important benefit for users in many different fields (e.g. automotive applications, energy management systems and general current sensing applications). The choice of used shunts ranges from 0.1 to 1 mOhm, meaning...