Allegro MicroSystems, LLC announces the release of a unique dual-output sensor solution that provides a single IC to rotational position sensing applications with a ferrous gear target. Providing a ...

Allegro’s A1262 is a unique two-dimensional (2D) speed and direction sensor IC that features 2D magnetic sensing via planar and vertical Hall elements. It allows the end user to achieve an ideal 90° ...

Allegro MicroSystems has announced “industry’s first fully-integrated, back-biased GMR [giant magneto-resistive] transmission speed and direction sensor”. “By monolithically integrating our GMR ...

A new three-component force sensor is capable of simultaneously measuring dynamic or quasi-static forces in three orthogonal directions, as well as delivering an independent measurement signal for ...

In storms or other turbulence, pilots need to know how the plane is orientated and the angle at which the plane is tilted toward Earth’s surface. If the plane’s nose is tilted downward at a 45-degree ...

Have you ever wondered how an electronic wind vane translates a direction into a unique signal? It seems as though it might be very complicated, and indeed some of them are. [martinm] over at ...

At the Sick press event, the company demonstrated how some Daimler factories use a variety of sensors to move car bodies and components around the facilities via AGVs. Automated industrial ...

Anybody interested in building their own robot, sending spacecraft to the moon, or launching inter-continental ballistic missiles should have at least some basic filter options in their toolkit, ...

Although the ability tends to wane as we get older, the human auditory system is pretty good at filtering out background noise and making a single voice able to be understood above the general hubbub ...

At STRL, we have been working to develop single-chip color image sensor based on organic photoconductive films *1 (or simply organic films) for use in compact color cameras capable of producing ...