Sensors and Transducers

Ensuring regulatory compliance with smart sensor technology

How do you prove your facilities are compliant? Gathering data, reports and logs from every inch of the manufacturing shop floor can take time, and it might not be as comprehensive as one might wish. Here, Richard Mount, Director of Sales at ASIC design and supply company Swindon Silicon Systems, …

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Production test: the key to supplying the highest quality ASICs

One of the most desirable trends in electronics system design is to push as much functionality as possible into a single device. To achieve that, it is favourable to use an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) over an off-the-shelf IC. To ensure ASICs retain their edge over their standardised counterparts, …

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MiniPID 2 nominated for Sensor Product of the Year

ION Science is delighted to announce that its world-leading MiniPID 2 sensor has been nominated in the sensor category of the 2023 Instrumentation Excellence Awards, and voting is now open to anyone at https://instrumentationawards.co.uk/vote-2023/. “We are thrilled to be nominated,” explains ION Science Group Managing Director, Duncan Johns. “Not only …

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New compact all-in-one confocal sensor and controller saves space and simplifies installation in production lines and machines

Precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon has extended its confocal sensor system portfolio with the new, innovative high performance series, confocalDT IFD2410 and the confocalDT IFD2415. Each system combines both sensor and controller together to save space and simplify installation in production lines and machines, as no fibre optic cabling is needed …

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Alphasense launches new compact sensor for portable devices

Alphasense, the UK-based manufacturer of sensors for air quality monitoring and safety gas detection, has launched a compact new sensor format for portable devices. The smaller, thinner, and lighter H-Series sensor is compatible with 1-Series sensors from other manufacturers and is available for 9 target gases. The introduction of the …

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Graphene sensors may help to detect sepsis earlier in critically ill patients

A new study from the University of Bath has shown that graphene-based biosensors, designed by Integrated Graphene, have the potential to play a major role in detecting increased levels of lactate, an important biomarker for the treatment of critically ill patients. The research, published in Sensor and Actuators: B.Chemical, shows …

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TT Electronics named a 2023 Best of Sensors Awards finalist

TT Electronics, a global provider of engineered technologies for performance critical applications, today announces it has been named a finalist in the Industrial Sensors category of the 2023 Best of Sensors Awards for FlexSense. The awards program is presented by Sensors Converge and Fierce Electronics and honours the best in …

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Ensuring regulatory compliance with smart sensor technology

How do you prove your facilities are compliant? Gathering data, reports and logs from every inch of the manufacturing shop floor can take time, and it might not be as comprehensive as one might wish. Here, Richard Mount, Director of Sales at ASIC design and supply company Swindon Silicon Systems, …

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Advancing asset monitoring and diagnostics

Monitoring the condition of large industrial equipment fleets is challenging and, without the necessary insights, it can be hard to understand the health and performance of assets. To help operators overcome this challenge, industrial digital solutions provider WEG has launched its new WEGscan sensor. By integrating WEGscan into their fleet, …

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Agile Analog launches first complete RISC-V analogue IP subsystem at RISC-V Summit Europe

Agile Analog, the customisable analogue IP company, is launching the first complete analogue IP subsystem for RISC-V applications at the RISC-V Summit Europe in Barcelona (5-9 June). The initial subsystem includes all the analogue IP required for a typical battery powered IoT system, including a power management unit (PMU), a …

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