Electronic design engineers on sensor technologies with online resource centre

Mouser Electronics, Inc. provides today's electronic design engineers with the latest knowledge in sensor technology with its extensive online hub. The evolution of semiconductors and MEMS into smaller, more affordable, and reliable components has been a key enabler for modern technology. This has enabled sensors to be seamlessly embedded into almost every device and system, driving the growth of the IoT and making advanced data collection more accessible across all industries.

For example, in healthcare, sensors enhance advanced diagnostic tools, enable continuous patient monitoring, and support cutting-edge wearable devices for personal health management. This same technology is transforming agriculture, as seen in connected cow systems, where sensors and AI provide real-time data to optimise herd health. Additionally, sensors are pushing boundaries in research, with LiDAR-equipped drones in marine biology that can accurately assess whales' health. Engineers developing these applications can employ innovative platforms that combine powerful capabilities with compact designs, simplifying the creation of new applications. By merging advanced hardware and streamlined development tools, the engineering community can rapidly prototype and deploy the next generation of sensor-driven applications.

The sensor content hub provides an extensive collection of articles, blogs, eBooks, and product information from the company's technical experts and leading manufacturing partners. In a recent eBook by onsemi, 'Engineering the Future: The Sensors and Systems Powering Modern Mobile Robots,' readers explore a range of sensing technologies, including cameras and ToF sensors, that enable autonomous mobile robots. The eBook helps engineers understand how each sensor works individually and how they integrate to create a cohesive system. The hub is a valuable resource for engineers seeking to stay ahead of the evolving sensor landscape and build advanced connected systems.

The company stocks the industry's widest selection of sensor products and solutions, including the following:

• The CY8CPROTO-040T-MS multi-sense prototyping kit from Infineon Technologies demonstrates the capacities of fifth-generation CAPSENSE technology, including touch-sensing performance and low-power operation with always-on sensing. This kit is split into a control board and multiple daughter boards. It includes a PSOC 4000T multi-sense control board, an inductive keypad-4 expansion board, an inductive keypad-2 expansion board, and a liquid-level sensor expansion board.
• The IQS9150 and IQS9151 ProxSense sensors by Azoteq are configurable trackpad devices appropriate for numerous design variations and requirements. These sensors feature multitouch high-performance (linearity, accuracy, and low-noise) trackpad outputs, integrated snap button options, and an on-chip gesture recognition engine. They provide best-in-class sensitivity, SNR, and automatic tuning of electrodes.
• The Mira050 NIR enhanced global shutter image sensors from ams OSRAM are compact 0.5MP near-infrared enhanced global shutter image sensors developed for 2D and 3D consumer and industrial machine vision applications. The sensors feature a small 2.79µm pixel size, providing high sensitivity due to state-of-the-art BSI technology. The Mira050 features a MIPI CSI-2 interface, facilitating seamless interfacing with various processors and FPGAs.
• The SCH16T-K10 6-DOF sensor from Murata Electronics is a combined high-performance three-axis gyroscope and three-axis accelerometer. The gyroscope measurement range is selectable in applications from ±2000°/s to ±1000°/s, while the accelerometer measurement range is selectable from ±160m/s² to ±15m/s². The angular rate and accelerometer sensor elements are based on 3D-MEMS technology, and signal processing is performed by a mixed-signal ASIC.