The MAX44000 is a digital ambient-light and infrared proximity sensor that detects light like a human eye. Designed using the company’s proprietary BiCMOS technology, this IC integrates three optical ...

Pacer Components offers a sensor which is available with three different optical technologies, infrared, visible red and VCSEL in the same common package. This gives the design engineer tremendous ...

Researchers have developed a highly sensitive method for detecting hotspots in the environment, such as bushfires or military ...

Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have developed an organic infrared photodiode that achieves record-level ...

When automated optical inspection (AOI) works, it is almost always preferable to human visual inspection. It can be faster, more accurate, more consistent, less expensive, and it never gets tired.

High-speed line rate (50 klines/s) NIR image sensors. Hamamatsu Photonics announces the launch of the G17225 series, designed ...

Some motion sensors are based on optical measurement technologies to provide accurate velocity and position measurements without requiring physical contact with the object or surface being monitored.

By transitioning from legacy single-technology systems to multi-layered inspection processes, manufacturers can minimize ...

Fig. 1 Overview of the OFN sensor. (A) Schematic diagram of the OFN sensing system; (B) Photographs of the output light when the sensor was untouched, (C) subjected to normal force, and (D) subjected ...

The Optipact motion sensors determine rotational or translational velocities of machinery or products in a wide variety of applications. The Optipact motion sensors determine rotational or ...