Category: Sensor
Texas Instruments OPT3005 Ambient Light Sensor (ALS)
Texas Instruments OPT3005 Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) is a single-chip lux meter measuring the intensity of light as visible by the human eye. The extreme IR rejection and precision spectral response of the OPT3005 enable it to accurately meter the intensity of light as seen by the human...
Continue ReadingS-5701 B Series TMR Sensor ICs
ABLIC's sensor ICs are compact and offer durability with a long life ABLIC's S-5701 B series of TMR sensor IC's, with a TMR element and signal processing circuit are mounted and resin-molded on the same silicon, offering extreme durability. They are available in small, thin...
Continue ReadingENS160 Air Quality Sensor from ScioSense
ScioSense’s digital multi-gas sensor offers optimum detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and oxidizing gases. ScioSense's ENS160 is a digital multi-gas sensor solution based on metal oxide (MOX) technology, a proven and maintenance-free technology designed for high volume...
Continue ReadingXENSIV BGT60LTR11AIP Radar Shield2Go
Infineon's super-low-power 60 GHz Doppler radar sensor includes antennas-in-package (AIP) Infineon's Radar Shield2Go can be used independently as a plug-in radar sensor (e.g., with Arduino form factor boards or another microcontroller) to detect motion and direction of motion by using...
Continue ReadingTeledyne e2v’s Hydra3D Sensor Pushing the Boundaries of 3D Imaging and Distance Measurement
A time-of-flight sensor (ToF) is a range imaging camera system for measuring distances between the camera and the subject for each point of the image based on time-of-flight, the round trip time of an artificial light signal, as provided by a laser or an LED. Teledyne e2v Hydra3D+ is...
Continue Reading433 MHz is alive! Communicating with 433 MHz sensors using an ESP32 board and LoRa module.
While Matter, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Zwave may get all the press these days, 433 MHz was the simple yet reliable technology that our sensors and devices relied on before they became popular. Given the wide range of applications for the 433 MHz, generalizations regarding the technology are...
Continue ReadingAssessing the NVIDIA Jetson Nano SoM-powered 3D Vision Camera
Orbbec showed off a 4K RGB camera with depth-sensing capabilities and the ability to live-stream processed photos over Ethernet or USB. The Femto Mega uses a Jetson Nano System-on-Module for artificial intelligence computing and is equipped with a 6-DoF IMU and Microsoft's Time of...
Continue ReadingHamamatsu Photonic’s subminature new detector
Hamamatsu Photonic has developed a new InAsSb photovoltaic detector (P16702-011MN) with built-in preamplifier offering high sensitivity to mid-infrared light, up to 11μm in wavelength. We achieved this by combining the latest InAsSb (indium arsenide antimonide) mid-infrared models...
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