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Stretchy gel sensor measures biomarkers on dry skin

Steve Bush — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:15:54 +0000

Health-related chemicals can be detected on dry skin, according to the National University of Singapore (NUS), which developed a stretchable ‘ionic-electronic bilayer hydrogel’ sensor with the Singapore Agency for Science, ...

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Embedded inertial navigation system

Steve Bush — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 10:50:14 +0000

HBK has launches what it describes as a “tactical-grade” embedded inertial navigation system in a 38 x 24 x 8.6mm 8.3g package – 18% thinner and 20% lighter than its ...

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SmallSat 2024: Hyperspectral imager

Steve Bush — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 09:28:14 +0000

At the Small Satellite Conference in Utah, Imec announced a hyperspectral sensor with an on-chip line-based filter covering 450 – 900nm in 96 bands. It had equidistantly divided spectral bands ...

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ROHM claims smallest CMOS op amp

David Manners — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 05:01:30 +0000

ROHM has developed an ultra-compact 1.8V – 5V, rail-to-rail CMOS op amp – the TLR377GYZ, optimised for amplifying signals from sensors such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, used in smartphones, ...

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Laser distance sensors include Ethernet and RS-485

Steve Bush — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:55:20 +0000

Panasonic has produced a range of micron-accurate industrial distance measuring sensors. Unlike its earlier similar sensors, digital output devices in the new HL-G2 series include interfaces for both Ethernet and ...

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Hall sensors latch at symmetical ± flux thresholds

Steve Bush — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:57:49 +0000

The AH3712 is a latching Hall-effect magnetic sensor, protected for automotive electrical conditions, in a choice of SC59, SOT23 or SIP-3 packaging. The single output is switched ‘on’ with a ...

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How smart sensors can offload microcontrollers

EW Staff — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:46:40 +0000

Nature provides the model for integrating sensors for a distributed edge AI system, say Bartosz Boryna and Zuzana Jirankova. The horseshoe crab (limulus polyphemus) is recognised by scientists as an ...

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Click boards get snap-off sensors for stage-two prototyping

Steve Bush — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:55:33 +0000

Snap-off development boards are not a new idea, but they are new at Mikroe, where the idea has been combined with the company’s Click format to form Click Snap. “Users ...

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1,280×1,024 10µm-pitch read-out IC for infra-red imagers

Steve Bush — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 15:00:23 +0000

Senseeker has introduced a 1,280 x 1,024 version of its 10µm digital read-out IC (‘droic’) for short-wave infra-red imaging arrays, including quantum dot-based detector types. RD0131 as it will be ...

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Tiny industrial time-of-flight distance sensor works up to 1m

Steve Bush — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:53:26 +0000

STMicroelectronics has created a time-of-flight distance sensor for industrial use. VL53L4ED works over -40 to +105°C and in high ambient light, and provides “provides distance measurement to objects up to ...

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