Test & Measurement


Ultrasonic sensors feature an integrated piezo-electric bender

Stocked by Mouser, the PUI audio ultrasonic receivers, transmitters and benders use a band of audio above 20KHz, above human hearing and is very directional and reflective. The ultrasonic sensors feature an integrated piezo-electric bender

Mouser Electronics | 13-07-2016

Angular position sensors for automotive applications in vehicle systems

Mouser is stocking the AS5170 magnetic angular position sensors from ams. The devices are their first magnetic position sensors fully developed using the automotive industry’s program for ISO 26262 safety compliance to meet the ever-increas

Mouser Electronics | 12-07-2016

RS Components – Compact and lightweight USB spectrum analyser has real time analysis capability

Tektronix RSA306B, available from RS Components, is a powerful spectrum analyser, with real time analysis capability and 9kHz to 6.2GHz frequency coverage. The minimum event duration for 100% POI is 100µs, real time bandwidth 40MHz and spur

RS Components | 12-07-2016

Auto-grade resistors feature AgPd terminations for conductive gluing

A new series of sulphur-resistant thick-film chip resistors has been introduced by Vishay featuring silver / palladium (Ag/Pd) terminations for conductive gluing. Featuring a robust design for automotive and industrial applications, the

Vishay | 08-07-2016

Low-power, low-cost, high-resolution contactless sensing technique suitable for variety of applications

Texas Instruments’ FDC2212-Q1 2-channel, noise-immune, AEC-Q100 qualified, 28-bit capacitive sensing solution is a low-power, low-cost, high-resolution contactless sensing technique that can be applied to a variety of applications ranging f

Texas Instruments | 07-07-2016

Infrared array sensors provide thermal images by actual temperature and gradients

Stocked by Mouser, Panasonic Grid-EYE (Gen 2) infrared array sensors are surface mountable and feature 64 thermopile elements in an 8x8 grid format that detect absolute temperatures by infrared radiation. The sensor is able to provide therm

Mouser Electronics | 04-07-2016

Light-to-digital sensor provides functionality of optical power meter within single device

The Texas Instruments’ OPT3002 light-to-digital sensor provides the functionality of an optical power meter within a single device. This optical sensor greatly improves system performance over photodiodes and photoresistors. The device has

Texas Instruments | 04-07-2016

Sensors with analog and digital outputs have variety of force sensing ranges and accuracy

Available from Farnell element14, the FSA Series are piezoresistive-based force sensors offering a ratiometric analog or digital output for reading force over the specified full scale force span and temperature range. They are fully calibra

Farnell element14 | 04-07-2016

High-temperature MEMS accelerometer suit inertial drilling applications

Acal BFi now exclusively offers Colibrys’ market-leading high-temperature MEMS accelerometer range in Europe. Offering the highest performance stability with shock resistance and the lowest non-linearity and noise compared to similar MEM

Acal | 28-06-2016

Signal conditioner and transmitter for pressure sensors

Texas Instruments’ PGA300 device provides an interface for piezoresistive and strain-gauge pressure-sense elements. The device is a full system-on-chip solution that incorporates programmable analog front end, ADC and digital signal process

Texas Instruments | 27-06-2016

New family of acceleration and tip-over sensor components

MEMSIC has announced a family of acceleration and tip-over sensor components that includes four new sensors, the MXD6240, 41AU, MXC6244AU, and MXC6245XU. The new 624X family sensors provide tip-over and acceleration sensing for a wi

Memsic | 27-06-2016

High-accuracy, electrical energy measurement IC for single-phase applications

In stock at Digi-Key, ADI's ADE7953 is a high-accuracy, electrical energy measurement IC intended for single-phase applications. It measures line voltage and current and calculates active, reactive, apparent energy, and instantaneous VRMS a

Digikey | 24-06-2016

Signal analyzers support narrowband measurement requirements

Anritsu has extended its MS2840A signal analyzer product line by adding three new frequency models (3.6GHz, 6GHz, and 26.5GHz) to its current 44.5GHz model supporting excellent narrowband measurement performance in a middle-range signal

Anritsu | 24-06-2016

Low-power, low-cost, high-resolution contactless sensing can be applied to variety of applications

The Texas Instruments FDC2x1x-Q1 is a multi-channel family of noise and EMI-resistant, high-resolution, high-speed capacitance-to-digital converters for implementing capacitive sensing solutions. The devices employ an innovative narrow-band

Texas Instruments | 23-06-2016

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