Test & Measurement


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

RS Components- New range of LoRa development kits that support engineers designing IoT

RS Components has added Microchip’s new range of LoRa development kits to its expanding portfolio of high-quality tools that support engineers designing Internet of Things (IoT) applications. LoRa technology, driven by the LoRa Alli

RS Components | 23-06-2016

Refrigerant temperature sensor control module maximises performance of HVAC systems

Available from Mouser, Amphenol Advanced Sensors GE-1920 are HVAC refrigerant temperature sensors which measure the refrigerant temperature at both the high and low pressure side of the line. The control module uses this information to maxi

Mouser Electronics | 23-06-2016

Oscilloscope offers excellent waveform visualisation, measurement and fast update rates

PicoScope 2208B, available from RS Components, is a 100MHz two-channel oscilloscope which features built-in spectrum analysis, function/arbitrary waveform generation and serial bus analysis. It has a maximum sampling rate of 1GS/s, buffer m

RS Components | 22-06-2016

New low-cost high-performance tri-axial DC accelerometer

Silicon Designs has introduced four new low-cost high-performance tri-axial DC accelerometer families. The integrated plug-and-play vibration measurement devices are suitable for zero-to-medium frequency commercial and industrial applicatio

Silicon Labs | 21-06-2016

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

Capacitive sensing is a low-power, low-cost, high-resolution contactless sensing technique that Texas Instruments say can be applied to a variety of applications ranging from proximity detection to gesture recognition. The sensor in a capac

Texas Instruments | 20-06-2016

Spot thermometer bridges gap between single spot infrared thermometers and thermal cameras

Stocked by RS Components, FLIR's exclusive Lepton micro thermal sensor, the TG167 lets you see the heat so you know where to reliably measure. Designed for indoor electrical inspection, the device helps you easily find unseen hot and cold s

RS Components | 20-06-2016

Ultrasonic receivers, transmitters and benders for distance measuring, fluid flow and fluid-level systems

Stocked by Digi-Key, PUI Audio have added ultrasonic receivers, transmitters, and benders to their product line. Their line of ultrasonic sensors is designed for use in distance measuring, fluid flow and fluid-level systems, ultrasonic clea

Digikey | 20-06-2016

New family of ready-to-use semi-rigid test probes operate to 6GHz

Latest from Pasternack is a new line of semi-rigid test probes designed to assist in testing microwave circuits. By soldering the outer conductor to the signal ground and the exposed centre conductor to the trace carrying the signal of i

Pasternack | 17-06-2016

Medium pressure sensors available as differential sensors or with custom pressure ranges

Available from Mouser, the Silicon Microstructures AccuStable SM3041 Series medium pressure sensors are digital MEMS devices that offer pressure transducer technology and CMOS mixed signal processing technology to produce a digital, fully s

Mouser Electronics | 15-06-2016

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