Sensors

Melexis has introduced the MLX90377 single- and dual-die (fully redundant) Triaxis position sensor for automotive and industrial applications together with a new PCB-less package for position sensors. The MLX90377 is a magnetic rotary and linear position sensor IC, which builds on the success of the MLX90371 and MLX90372 Triaxis sensors. Based on the Triaxis Hall magnetic front-end, it integrates an ...

Xsens has introduced two rugged 3D position sensing products which are “particularly well suited to use in harsh environments in maritime, mining and agricultural”, according to the company. They are: MTi-670G: GNSS + inertial navigation system module MTi-630R:  attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) Both are in 41 x 56 x 37mm IP68-rated aluminium enclosures and are designed to resist vibration ...

EnOcean has created a dual-standard radio module that operates with Bluetooth Low Energy or Zigbee Green Power radio standards. Called PTM 535BZ, the 2.4GHz device is designed to be combined with the company’s ECO 200 finger-press energy harvester to create battery-free wireless switches. An integrated NFC (near field communication) receiver is included to ease switching between the two radio standards. “PTM ...

Infineon has teamed up with Reality AI to give vehicles a sense of hearing. “This solution enables cars to ‘see’ around the corner and to warn about moving objects hidden in the blind spot or approaching emergency vehicles, cars and other road participants, even if they cannot be seen by driver or detected by the sensors incorporated in the vehicles’ ...

Allegro has created a 3d magnetic sensor that can perform rotary and translation motion measurement both on-axis and off-axis (see diagram). Called A31315, it includes configurable signal processing, linearisation and angle calculation allows it to resolve the absolute rotary or linear position of a moving magnetic target. It has “excellent native angle error over temperature in any plane: <1.2° over -40°C to ...

Adlink Technology has launched an industrial smart camera series that integrates an Nvidia Jetson Xavier NX module for artificial intelligence processing. Called Neon-2000-JNX “the camera’s high performance, small form factor and ease of development open the door for AI vision solutions in manufacturing, logistics, retail, service, agriculture, smart city, healthcare and life sciences, and other edge applications,” claimed Adlink. “The ...

Melexis,  the Belgian fabless IC company, is targeting white goods, consumer electronics, and smart-metering applications with the MLX90392 three-axis magnetic field sensor, which can operate from a 1.8 V power rail shared with other components such as logic devices. Requiring no dedicated LDO or regulator, the competitively priced MLX90392 simplifies design, trims bill-of-materials costs and saves PCB space. Measuring just ...

Vishay has created a complete proximity sensor inside a single surface-mount package – integrating laser (940nm VCSEL), photodiodes, amplifiers, ADC and DSP into 2 x 1.25 x 0.5mm. Called VCNL36825T, it can detect objects up to 200mm away through a hole as small as 1.6mm, and pulsed operation allows power to be reduced, to an average below 7μA at ~3 detections ...

Sensirion and Nicolay have teamed up to offer an evaluation kit that measures air flow and pressure for human ventilator development. The companies already have an evaluation kit for proximal measurements of inspiratory and expiratory respiratory gas flow rates – Sensirion makes the flow sensors and Nicolay the connector and cable. “Having received many inquiries from ventilator manufacturers about whether we ...

ST has created  three-axis linear accelerometer for “non-safety”, it said, automotive applications including anti-theft, telematics, infotainment, tilt measurement, inclination measurement and vehicle navigation. Called AIS2IH, it has user-selectable full-scales covering ±2, 4, 8 and 16g (survivable shock is 10,000g), and output data rates between 1.6Hz and 1.6kHz. There are five modes all-told, one nominally high-performance and four nominally low-power – which ...