Test & Measurement


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

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

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