Category: Industrial

Industrial

  • And the Kits Keep Coming

    Not long ago I noted the sudden appearance of various reference designs and platforms and kits intended to take some of the friction out of the process…

  • IoT or M2M or Connected Device?

    In various places where people track and discuss progress in the world of interconnected things, there is a surprising amount of debate over the meanings…

  • New Hall Effect Sensors Sans Choppers

      My first exposure to the details of sensor design came at ISSCC several years ago. I watched a series of presentations that were, in…

  • Mysterious IR Array

    Our bodies have evolved on practical, not principled, grounds. So we have one sensor for photons in the visible spectrum, and we have a completely…

  • Pressure Sensors for Harsh Environments

    Pressure sensors have been gaining some general visibility, as they are seen as probably the next big-volume sensor to go into cell phones. But most…

  • IMUs Feature Quartz

    Epson has recently made a series of announcements in the IMU space, including a new V-series that they claim features the “world’s smallest IMU” (defined…

  • A Reverse Proof Mass?

    This continues both the theme of “stuff at Sensors Expo” and non-traditional approaches to common sensors. Only this time, it’s the most ubiquitous of motion…

  • Am I Spoiled Yet?

    From the Sensors Expo files, I saw another interesting integration from ams for use with perishable products. It’s an RFID/temperature sensor combination with some smarts.…

  • A Move Towards a Magnetic MEMS Relay

    Relays might seem amongst the most mundane of components, and yet even they are getting a miniaturization upgrade with the help of MEMS technology. Of…

  • Freescale’s Sensor Hub Integration

    We’ve seen the move from APs managing sensors to MCUs acting as sensor hubs to integration of sensors with MCUs, as with ST. Well, Freescale…