Sensors
IOT MEMS sensor news: TDK to acquire InvenSense for 1.3B
Passive, sensor and specialty electronics component maker TDK to acquire InvenSense for a total acquisition price of US$ 1.3 billion. TDK said the acquisition will be completed through a merger of a newly created subsidiary of TDK with and into InvenSense, with InvenSense continuing following the
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UI in smart phones: new finger print sensor and Ultra sonic touch interface
The smartphone user interface still has a lot to improve with huge challenges to pack such interfaces in already compacted space. Smart phone developers are now seeing market-growth opportunity in interfacing fingerprint sensors in their phones. Synaptics has unveiled a new optical-based fingerprint
3 min read13.5mm x 13.5mm sensor board has multiple sensors and a microcontroller
STMicroelectronics has announced the 13.5mm x 13.5mm sensor board named SensorTile, a very small turnkey sensor board containing a MEMS accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, pressure sensor, MEMS microphone and the on-board low-power STM32L4 microcontroller. The board can be used for developi
3 min readIoT and automotive are future big market drivers for sensors
Market researcher Yole Développement has predicted the significant opportunity coming up for MEMS and other Sensors in the autonomous cars and IoT. Yole Développement says, the opportunity in the Smartphone market and such consumer appliances is more or less, a lesser opportunity. In smart phones t
4 min readLow noise MEMS for structural defect-diagnosis through vibration sensing
Analog Devices has launched new MEMS accelerometers ADXL354 and ADXL355 to measure vibration at low noise targeting applications such as detecting defects in structures like bridges, huge buildings, flyovers or any such vibration prone structures through wireless sensor networks. ADXL354 and ADXL35
2 min readThe technology of smart lighting detecting human occupancy
US Patent titled “Sensory Lighting System and Method for Characterizing an Illumination Space” was awarded to LESA' faculty and graduate students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Boston University. The patent explains the process of LED lighting system in a space that can detect occupants’
4 min readSensors for measuring heart pulse rate and blood oxygen in wearables
Japan based New JRC launched two new sensors NJL5311R and NJL5513R in the reflective optoelectronic sensor series for use in the design and development of wearable devices. New JRC says these sensors will further improve the matching with Analog Front End (AFE) IC in wearable device solutions with
2 min readAutomatic content level detection for Smart Containers
By Saurabh Rawat, Rosarium Pila: STMicroelectronics India Introduction: Monitoring food consumption has numerous benefits not only in the prevention of food wastages but also in studying variousfood and dietary habits of people. In a country like India having a population of 1.25 billion where
4 min readToF ranging sensors for gesture, proximity and many more applications
The sensing capabilities of the new VL53L0X Time-of-Flight (ToF) ranging sensors from STMicroelectronics can support a wide range of functions including gesture sensing or proximity detection for new innovative user interfaces, wall detection, cliff detection and collision avoidance for robotic appl
3 min readRF CMOS transceiver sensor drives self driving technology
The gigahertz radars used in autonomous self driving vehicles need to have the ability to accurately detect smaller objects such as pedestrians and bikes. These radars also need to detect objects in dusty foggy and lowlight conditions. The automotive electronics companies and research agen
2 min readThermal imaging-based traffic sensor to dynamically control traffic signals
FLIR Systems launched a infrared thermal imaging-based traffic sensor to detect vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians in urban environments. The new sensor based on the FLIR's Lepton thermal imaging technology can detect vehicles in total darkness without affected by shadows, colors and sun glar
2 min readLow power consumption color sensor for display applications from EVERLIGHT
EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS introduced company’s first RGB integrated color sensor. Based on CMOS technology and therefore able to operate at a minimum supply voltage of 1.7 volts, the CLS-16D17-34-DF6 adjusts the brightness of display equipment with less power consumption than comparable color sensor dev
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