• Mushroom cloud? Better check pin 2!

    Howdy,

     

    Dave Jones of the  eevblog and The Amp Hour just tweeted this special chip of the week:

     

    Special Purpose Chip of The Week: http://www.maxwell.com/products/microelectronics/docs/HSN1000_REV3.PDF. Pin 2 goes low when it detects a NUCLEAR EXPLOSION!

     

    From…

  • TI Sensors & Field Transmitter block diagrams and solution guides.

    End-Equipment Solutions from TI... www.ti.com/sensors

     

    Easily view full block diagrams, application notes, tools and software and other related information on the following sensor end-equipments.

     

  • Sensor de Vibración

    Actualmente me encuentro buscando una solución para un proyecto en el que estamos inmersos. La problemática es que debemos detectar un tren que se desplaza a 350km/h con un sensor y llevar la señal digital a un equipo para activarlo. Hemos pensado en…

  • New digital temperature sensor cuts power consumption, size by more than 75 percent

    Texas Instruments (TI) has unveiled what it claims to be the industry's smallest—measuring only 0.76 mm x 0.76 mm-- most power-efficient digital temperature sensor. According to the company the TMP103EVMTMP103EVM consumes 97 percent less power and…

  • New Configurable Sensor AFE ICs

    National Semiconductor today introduced two configurable sensor analog front-end (AFE) ICs, he LMP91000, presented as the industry’s first fully configurable potentiostat for low-power chemical sensing applications and the LMP90100, said to be the industry…

  • New MEMS rate sensor features accurate dead-reckoning

    Murata has launched a new MEMS rate sensor (gyro) for the automotive market. The device, part number MEV-50C-R, supports accurate dead-reckoning performance for car navigation devices, but is also aimed at GPS modules, satellite antennas and other applications…

  • Tiny size and 10-bit resolution make this Hall sensor suitable for cell phone camera systems

    The austriamicrosystems AS5510 introduced this week is a linear Hall sensor IC that features 10-bit digital output resolution and a 1.46 x 1.1 mm chip scale package. The AS5510 includes an I²C 2-wire serial interface for switching between four different…

  • Temperature switch

    Hi all,

     

    I'm hoping someone may have some ideas that I haven't seen yet.

     

    I'm trying to run a little USB-powered (5v) heater to keep a small area outside from freezing or getting too cold. I'm aiming for around 15 degrees Celcius.

    It would…

  • Questions about Panasonic Grid-EYE Infrared MEMS Sensor WEBINAR Thu 12/3/15??

    Hey,

     

    Experts will be available to answer your questions on the new Panasonic Grid-EYE Infrared Array Sensor and Evaluation Kit tomorrow.

     

    It can detect multiple people or objects moving in different directions; up, down, left, right and diagonally, including…

  • Doppler Sensor For Speed Vehicle measurement.

    I am doing my final project for getting my degree from Electronic engineering. My Thesis is to build a prototype of a Stand Speed Radar for Speed vehicle measurement. I need to find a Doppler Sensor, can i have any suggestions about where to buy one From…