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More on: Completely integrated inductive proximity switch IC

Steve Bush — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:44:45 +0000

Last week Belgian fabless chip company Melexis announced a unique inductive sensing IC that includes a tiny transformer, drive circuit and sense circuit, so Electronics Weekly decided to have a ...

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Ultrasonic time-of-flight IC includes transducer and processing

Steve Bush — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:49:40 +0000

TDK has put an mems piezoelectric ultrasonic time-of-flight distance sensor inside a 3.5 x 3.5mm package along with its signal chain. “ICU-10201 offers the sensitivity required for obstacle avoidance or ...

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1mm Hall-effect switches need only 1μA at 1.1 – 2V

Steve Bush — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:48:22 +0000

Diodes has created a trio of tiny magnetic field triggered sensors that operate from low-voltage rails between 1.1 and 2V. Called AH1899x, they have two power pads and a binary ...

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Simple idea lets ultrasound sense the unsensable

Steve Bush — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:10:08 +0000

An ultrasound-based sensing technique developed for medicine could have wider application. The question that inspired the technique was: how do we spot leaks from the gut after gastric surgery? Neither ...

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Industrial colour and mono cameras with Sony IMX662 sensor

Steve Bush — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:45:17 +0000

Imaging Development Systems (IDS) is offering Sony’s IMX662 1/2.45 inch 2.16 Mpixel sensor in both colour and monochrome cameras. U3-38C0XCP comes in a completely closed 29 x 29 x 17mm ...

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How a ‘noiseless’ photodetector can boost the performance of an OTDR

EW Staff — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:51:35 +0000

A new technique applied to avalanche photodiodes improves the operating range or sampling rate of OTDRs, says Ben White. An optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) is a fibre optic network test ...

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Leonardo sensor adds colour to NASA’s PACE ocean study mission

Alun Williams — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 06:06:58 +0000

Leonardo is highlighting the UK’s role in the recently launched NASA PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem) satellite, which will study the Earth’s oceans and atmosphere. It launched at the ...

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Road sense wins at Las Vegas

EW Staff — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:36:54 +0000

Demonstrations of automotive technology at CES paved the way for autonomous driving and emphasised the role of sensors and AI in vehicle systems, reports Caroline Hayes. Automotive radar has been ...

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5x5mm isolated SMD current sensors measure dc to 5MHz

Steve Bush — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:28:07 +0000

Allegro MicroSystems has introduced a pair of surface-mount current sensors that work from dc to 5MHz. Variants allow six sensitivities between 66mV/A (±20A range) and 20.3mV/A (±65A). Response time is ...

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LEM, Semikron Danfoss add current sensing to automotive power modules

Steve Bush — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:07:50 +0000

LEM and Semikron Danfoss have teamed up to monitor current in automotive silicon carbide power mosfet modules. The result is ‘Nano’, a current sensor that is compatible with Semikron’s DCM ...

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