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Piezoelectrics key to IoT and power from roads?
California and Europe are pumping millions into development of electricity-generating roads using piezoelectrics. Piezos will also be useful in self-powered IoT nodes because no one will change or even charge millions of batteries for those nodes let alone the envisaged billions. Without self-powered nodes, the IoT will be nothing more than a footnote in history.
Ultrasonic sensing water meter for provides superior performance
This reference design from Texas Instruments helps designers develop an ultrasonic water-metering subsystem using an integrated, ultrasonic sensing solution (USS) module, which provides superior metrology performance with low-power consumption and maximum integration.
Electronics in hydrogel-based soft lenses demonstrated
In Japan at the imec technology forum (ITF Japan 2018), imec, the research and innovation, the Ghent University (UGent), and contact lens manufacturer SEED, announced that they have developed a contact lens with an integrated LED light, including an ultra-thin silicon microchip, radio‐frequency (RF) antenna for wireless energy transfer, and stretchable thin‐film interconnections.
Low cost evaluation and development tool for Delfino
LAUNCHXL-F28379D from Texas Instruments is a low cost evaluation and development tool for the Delfino F2837xD and F2837xS series in the TI MCU LaunchPad ecosystem which is compatible with various plug-on BoosterPacks. This extended version of the LaunchPad supports the connection of two BoosterPacks.
Precision transducers for high voltages in rail applications
Due to the liberalisation of the rolling stock market, more and more companies use the existing rail infrastructure. Trains are therefore equipped with energy measurement systems to track the power consumption of different operators and enable transparent billing. However, without reliable, highly accurate transducers, energy consumption data can only be of limited use.
Haptic IC driver cuts external BoM by 50%
electronica will provide the platform for Dialog Semiconductor to demonstrate the DA7280, a low power Haptic Driver Integrated Circuit (IC). The device is capable of driving both ERM (Eccentric Rotating Mass) and LRA (Linear Resonant Actuators) motors, offering High Definition (HD) Wideband Drive, 76% lower idle power consumption and a 50% reduction in external BOM (Bill of Materials) count compared to existing solutions on the market.
InnoTrans 2018: transducer innovations by Knick
Smooth-running services as well as passenger and employee safety in railway operations depend on functions such as emergency shutdown in the event of short circuits, detection of delayed potentials, and safe signal transmission. Therefore, transducers for railway applications must meet the highest standards of reliability and precision.
DDIT designed for non-contact linear position displacement
The Measuring Division of Kaman Precision Products has announced the release of a new eddy current measurement system, the Digital Differential Impedance Transducer (DDIT). The DDIT is designed to provide a digital interface for high speed eddy current measurement systems, with resolution in the micro-inch range, at bandwidths as high as 60kHz.
Next-gen closed loop current transducers achieve offset drift
The latest closed-loop Hall effect current transducers deliver the added performance of fluxgate transducers without the added cost. LEM have recently launched six separate families of LxSR transducers called LXS, LXSR, LES, LESR, LKSR, LPSR.
Could a DIY ultrasound be in your future?
Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new ultrasound transducer, or probe, that could dramatically lower the cost of ultrasound scanners to as little as $100. Their patent-pending innovation—no bigger than a Band-Aid—is portable, wearable and can be powered by a smartphone.Conventional ultrasound scanners use piezoelectric crystals to create images of the inside of the body and send them to a computer to cre...