Test & Measurement


Add heart rate monitoring capability to any type of consumer electronics device

Vishay Intertechnology can help manufacturers add a heart rate monitoring capability to any type of consumer electronic device. The company will demonstrate the capability at electronica 2018 with a fitness watch prototype that uses the com

Vishay | 12-11-2018

New sensor technology enables intelligent autonomy at the edge

To advance millimetre-wave (mmWave) sensor technology in worldwide industrial applications, Texas Instruments has released its 6GHz sensor portfolio, the highest resolution single-chip, CMOS, for industrial systems. The IWR6x mmWave sensors

Texas Instruments | 08-11-2018

Cable sensors control roll and pitch flight simulator movement

To improve the performance and reliability of the roll and pitch axes for its Cessna C172 ‘Skyhawk’ simulator, Happy Landings Simulations GmbH has replaced gear mechanics and rotary potentiometers with SP1 and SM1 draw wire position sensors

Variohm | 07-11-2018

Health sensor evaluation and development platform in a wrist-worn wearable

Maxim MAXREFDES101 Health Sensor Platform 2.0 is a unique evaluation and development platform in a wrist-worn wearable form factor. This device is now available from Mouser. This platform shows the functions of a broad range of the comp

Mouser Electronics | 02-11-2018

Environmental sensors feature high accuracy for demanding applications

Bourns has introduced a new line of environmental sensors based on MEMS technology. The first products provided in the BPS line are three pressure sensor model families and one humidity sensor model family. Created for the advanced sensor n

Bourns | 01-11-2018

Proximity sensor targets smartphones, VR/AR headsets and other battery powered systems

Vishay Intertechnology has introduced a fully integrated proximity sensor that blends a high power VCSEL, a photodiode, a signal processing IC and a 12-bit ADC in a single package. The new VCNL36687S is intended to be used in VR/AR headsets

Vishay | 01-11-2018

5G NR RF test system formally adopted

Anritsu Corporation has announced that NTT DOCOMO has formally chosen to adopt their 5G New Radio RF Conformance Test System ME7873NR platform as its first 5G NR RF test system. The company has a long history of cooperation with NTT DOC

Anritsu | 31-10-2018

Highly accurate digital temperature sensors for RTD-based and medical designs

Texas Instruments has a new temperature sensor family that offers ±0.1C accuracy across a broad temperature range and helps simplify system design for industrial and medical applications. The TMP117 is claimed to be the first single-chip te

Texas Instruments | 30-10-2018

Low-cost platform kickstarts IoT-sensor development

RS Components is making IoT sensing projects even simpler to start, and more affordable, with the newest UrsaLeo Pi development kit. By blending the Silicon Labs Thunderboard 2 sensor module with a Raspberry Pi development board, UrsaLe

RS Components | 29-10-2018

Ceramic housing RTD high-temperature sensors offer excellent electrical isolation

Heraeus Sensor Technology Ceramic Housing RTD High-Temperature Sensors, available now from Mouser, encapsulate a platinum RTD element into an aluminium oxide ceramic housing to provide excellent electrical isolation. These sensors are offer

Mouser Electronics | 26-10-2018

EV/HEV battery test system uses regenerative technology for energy recovery

Intepro Systems offers their advanced benchtop/rack mount Procyon Battery Test System for engineering design and production testing of high-performance electro mobility battery packs. The system uses the company's innovative bi-directional

Intepro | 26-10-2018

Infrared light angle sensor can detect user hand movements for gesture recognition

The ADPD2140 Infrared Light Angle Sensor, from Analog Devices, is an optical sensor that measures the angle of incident infrared light. Light angles calculated from the sensor response are linear to ±5-degrees within an angular field of vie

Analog Devices | 19-10-2018

New handheld microwave spectrum analysers added to family

Rohde & Schwarz has extended its successful R&S Spectrum Rider FPH family with three new base models providing frequency ranges from 5kHz to 6GHz, 13.6GHz and 26.5GHz. The device was the industry's first handheld spectrum analyser to provid

Rohde & Schwarz | 19-10-2018

Monitor temperature at multiple locations with low-power sensor family

Microchip has five new 1.8V temperature sensors, including what is claimed to be the industry’s smallest five-channel temperature sensor with standard lead spacing. The EMC181x temperature sensor family also offers system temperature rate-o

Microchip Technology | 17-10-2018

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