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| 2013-06-21 | Sensor determines sound direction through light A sensor developed within SINTEF's MiNaLab gives microphones hyper-acute hearing and a sense of direction |
| 2002-05-23 | TAOS expands 200dpi linear sensor array family Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc. has announced the addition of the TSL2014 896x1 and TSL210 640x1 sensors into its 200dpi linear sensor array product line |
| 2012-06-13 | Reflective optical sensor detects from 0.2 to 5mm Vishay Intertechnology's TCNT2000 offers the option of either increasing detection range or driving a device at lower drive currents to reduce power use. |
| 2001-10-15 | Real-time biomechanical position sensing based on lateral effect photodiode This application note describes the use of lateral-effect photodiodes for position sensing in biomechanical communication systems |
| 2012-05-18 | Position sensor measures distance with 13.9kHz switching frequencies The triangulation position sensor SoC from iC-Haus is designed for diffuse reflective photoelectric sensors with switching outputs |
| 2004-11-25 | Piher-Nacesa position sensor/control operate to 120° Piher-Nacesa released its A-15 rotary position sensor/control that features a feedback over the full 360° angle |
| 2015-03-19 | Magnetic position sensor targets motor, motion control apps The AS5047P from Ams claims to produce outstanding angle measurement accuracy even at very high rotation speeds, as well as offer higher-resolution incremental outputs. |
| 2015-07-29 | How reliable are magnetic position sensors By using two architectural design features, magnetic position sensors will provide high accuracy measurements even in the noisiest of EMI environments |
| 2015-06-18 | 14 award-winning sensor technologies The 2015 Sensors Expo has announced the winners of the annual "Best of Sensors Expo awards." A total of 14 awards were given in two categories: Application and Innovation. |
| 2009-08-07 | Wide-temp optical sensors geared for automotive apps Vishay has extended the temperature range of its AEC-Q101-qualified TCPT1300X01 and TCUT1300X01 surface-mount transmissive optical sensors for the automotive market |
| 2015-10-12 | What you need to know about sensor fusion Here is a look at the general concept of sensor fusion, the historical perspective, and two detailed cases—inertial sensor fusion and image fusion |
| 2007-07-02 | Tap capacitive sensor UI in next-gen CE devices A more efficient and reliable alternative to resistive touchscreens is a thin, transparent, capacitive sensor touchscreen that embedded users can place over any viewable surface for input and navigation |
| 2007-05-08 | Reflective optical encoders offer high resolution Avago Technologies has announced the expansion of its series of miniature reflective optical encoders, said to be the smallest in the industry, with a new high-resolution encoder |
| 2010-06-11 | Qualcomm injects cash in optical module developer Qualcomm Inc. has made a strategic investment in Anteryon, a wafer-based, miniature optical module production for mobile phone cameras and laser projection developer |
| 2013-03-15 | Poor car sales drag magnetic sensor market IHS revealed that while last year's takings represented a 6.4 per cent increase over 2011 revenue of $1.47 billion, growth in 2012 was much lower than the 44 per cent surge of 2010. |
| 2007-06-25 | Optical sensor rolls for mini-mice Avago has made available a series of thin mouse sensors that boasts an integrated chip-on-board LED-illuminated optical navigation system |
| 2014-05-09 | Optical channel model taps LEDs for positioning The Epsilon system uses the most practical of materials for its infrastructure: visible LED lights and smartphone. It implements trilateration—tri-angulating the position of devices with a light sensor using LED lights |
| 2008-04-15 | Image sensor market looking up The image sensor market is expected to hit $7.6 billion in 2008, up 10 percent over 2007, according to research firm IC Insights |
| 2009-11-06 | Image sensor boasts 150fps, fast readout The device also offers rolling shutter mode with correlated double sampling to cut noise and increase dynamic range. |
| 2009-01-20 | Image sensor addresses notebooks' low-light sensitivity demand OmniVision Technologies Inc. has introduced the OV7740, which was developed specifically to address the low-light sensitivity demands of the fast-growing notebook PC market. |
| 2013-06-27 | iC-Haus intros 12bit universal magnetic position encoder The iC-MHL200, housed in a TSSOP20 package that includes a linear Hall sensor array, is an integrated system solution for linear and angular magnetic encoder applications |
| 2015-05-11 | Foxconn, Dialog, Lite-On prepare for sensor joint venture The aim of the venture is to accelerate Dialog's entry in to China's consumer electronics markets and the adoption of Dyna Image's sensors in the smartphone and Internet of Things markets |
| 2015-09-11 | Energy-harvesting sensor nodes determine own location Networks of hundreds or thousands of these sensors could be used to monitor the condition of infrastructure such as bridges, industrial equipment monitoring and home security monitoring. |
| 2003-01-27 | Dallas controller ICs monitor SFF optical transceivers The DS1854, DS1857, and DS1858 integrated optical controller-monitors control laser-driver bias and modulation currents, and manage system-monitoring functions required for SFF-847-compatbile optical transceivers |
| 2013-04-03 | China tablet, cellphone makers doubled their MEMS sensor purchases The purchasers fell into two groups: the first typified by big companies such as ZTE, Huawei Technologies, Lenovo and Coolpad; and the second made up of a multitude of smaller players, according to Jérémie Bouchaud, director and senior principal analyst for MEMS & sensors at IHS. |
| 2012-11-02 | Caltech researchers develop microscale optical accelerometer Researchers at Caltech and the University of Rochester created a type of motion detector that work by using a sensitive displacement detector to measure the motion of a flexibly mounted mass. |
| 2006-05-23 | Avago's optical encoders tout smallest package Avago Technologies claims to introduce the industry's smallest reflective incremental optical encoder |
| 2006-07-10 | Avago unrolls higher resolution optical encoder Avago Tech offers a higher resolution option for the AEDR-8300 series of reflective optical encoders offering 212 LPI and a maximum count frequency at 60KHz |
| 2005-09-07 | ADC changes sensor signals IC-Haus GmbH unveiled a 13bit monolithic analog-to-digital converter, which by applying a count-safe vector follower principle, converts sine and cosine sensor signals with a selectable resolution and hysteresis into angle position data |
| 2001-10-15 | Non-contact optical position sensing using silicon photodetectors This application note examines the various types of silicon photodetectors and discusses the theory of operation and relative disadvantages of each type. An example of optoelectronic instruments utilizing these sensors is also presented. |
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