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Volume Production of Optimized Combination Gyro-Sensor   September 2, 2010

Epson Toyocom Timing Products Division has launched volume production of its XV-3700CB QMEMS gyro-sensor with a wide sensing range, high stability and low noise characteristics.More>>

Kionix Accelerometer Revs Up Cypress PSoC First Touch Kits   September 1, 2010

Cypress will incorporate Kionix's KXSC7 MEMS accelerometer into its PSoC 5 programmable SoC starter kit.More>>

Acsis Realigns as Acsis VisiTrak Product and Solutions   August 31, 2010

The company launches their suite of products to improve real-time supply chain visibility, each of which provides transaction management, process integration, business management.More>>



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Capacitance Sensing in Human Body Contact Applications   July 1, 2010

Article By: Wayne Palmer

Capacitive sensing isn't just for your smartphone; it also holds promise for products such as medical devices that must come in contact with human skin. Here's how capacitive sensing can be used to determine the quality of the contact between the device's surface and the user's skin.More>>

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Embedded Ultrasonic Sensors for Automotive Radar   March 1, 2010

Article By: Tom Adams

A novel assembly method for automotive long-range radar may enable wider adoption of the technology.More>>

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The Five Motion Senses: MEMS Inertial Sensing to Transform Applications   January 1, 2010

Article By: Rob O'Reilly, Harvey Weinberg

The introduction of robust, low-cost MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes enables the incorporation of motion sensing into a greater variety of applications.More>>



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Freescale Advances Motion Sensing For Consumer Devices   February 16, 2010

Energy-efficient 3-axis accelerometer with rich embedded features enables faster, more deliberate motion detection.More>>

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The Five Motion Senses: MEMS Inertial Sensing to Transform Applications   January 1, 2010

Article By: Rob O'Reilly, Harvey Weinberg

The introduction of robust, low-cost MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes enables the incorporation of motion sensing into a greater variety of applications.More>>

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InvenSense Launches Single-Chip 3-axis Digital Gyroscope   October 27, 2009

Available for under $3, the ITG-3200 delivers breakthrough motion processing technology for gaming and 3D remote controls.More>>


Manufacturing Automation
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Capacitive Sensor Operation Part 2: System Optimization   June 1, 2009

Article By: Mark Kretschmar

Part 2 of this two-part article focuses on how to optimize the performance of your capacitive sensor, and to understand how target material, shape, and size will affect the sensor's response.More>>

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Meet the Next Generation of OPC   July 1, 2008

Article By: Tony Paine

Introduced in 1995, OPC enabled interoperability between Windows-based applications and process control hardware and software. The latest OPC specification, OPC-UA, seeks to improve and unify the earlier specifications into a single coherent foundation.More>>

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Temperature Sensor Tips and Tricks   January 1, 2008

Article By: Emmy Denton

When you're adding temperature sensors to a PCB, correct placement can make all the difference. Here are some tips and tricks to place your sensors effectively.More>>


Microprocessors
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Kionix Accelerometer Revs Up Cypress PSoC First Touch Kits   September 1, 2010

Cypress will incorporate Kionix's KXSC7 MEMS accelerometer into its PSoC 5 programmable SoC starter kit.More>>

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Microchip and Cymbet Release Energy Harvesting Dev Kit   July 21, 2010

The Energy Harvesting Application Development Kit uses Microchip's eXtreme Low Power MCUs; enables developers to build and test solar energy harvesting applications without designing any hardware.More>>

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Wind River Adds Support for Microsoft Windows XP   June 22, 2010

Wind River's Hypervisor embedded virtualization software will support Windows XP as a guest OS.More>>



Signal Processing
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Capacitance Sensing in Human Body Contact Applications   July 1, 2010

Article By: Wayne Palmer

Capacitive sensing isn't just for your smartphone; it also holds promise for products such as medical devices that must come in contact with human skin. Here's how capacitive sensing can be used to determine the quality of the contact between the device's surface and the user's skin.More>>

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Austriamicrosystems' Battery Management DA Front-End IC   March 30, 2010

The highly flexible multi-channel AS8510 features zero offset for simultaneous voltage, current, and temperature measurement in conventional, hybrid or electric vehicles.More>>

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Hitting the Sweet Spot Range of ADCs   February 1, 2009

Article By: Michael Harney

For a given input signal, here's how to meet the full dynamic range of an ADC using a standard amplifier circuit.More>>