Category: Sensor

The BME680 measures pressure, humidity, temperature and indoor air quality. by Bosch Sensortec: BME680 is an integrated environmental sensor developed specifically for mobile applications and wearables where size and low power consumption are key requirements. Expanding Bosch...

Managing some of house devices with its IR remotes may be annoying if you are out of its line of sight. You will have to interrupt the work you are doing, move to another room, turn down the volume of your Hi-Fi for example, then go back and resume your work. Assume you can use bluetooth...

Susan Nordyk @ edn.com discuss about the Kionix's accelerometer with integrated pedometer. The K126 16-bit tri-axis digital accelerometer from Kionix integrates a step detector and step counter, yet minimizes power consumption. Housed in a tiny 2×2×0.9-mm LGA package, the K126...

Pesky Products @ tindie.com writes: This is a small (17.9 mm x 10.3 mm) breakout board with Bosch's BME280 pressure, temperature, and humidity sensor as well as AMS' CCS811 digital gas sensor. The sensors work in concert to provide a complete measurement via I2C register reads of...

Imec, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nano-electronics and digital technology, announced last month its prototype implantable chip that aims to give patients more intuitive control over their arm prosthetics. The thin-silicon chip is said to be world’s first for...

In the era of Internet of Things, we wanted most of our home appliances to become smart. But currently, smart devices may cost much more than their offline counterparts and they often do not communicate with each other. Trying to overcome these limitations, A Ph.D student invented a way...

Graham Prophet @ eedesignnewseurope.com discuss about Melexis magnetic latch and switch sensors. He writes: Melexis (Tessenderlo, Belgium) has introduced a range of new magnetic latch and switch sensors that feature two silicon dice in the same package, yielding highly reliable...

Clemens Valens @ elektormagazine.com discuss about LEM’s new current sensors which do not use the Hall effect make the measurement. Instead they integrate conductors for gradient measurement and provide immunity against the external fields. He writes: Here are some new integrated...