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  • 12/11
    Hillcrest Labs introduces 9-Axis Freespace sensor module
    Hillcrest Labs introduces 9-Axis Freespace sensor module Hillcrest Labs The FSM-9 from Hillcrest Labs is a fully-integrated 9-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU). The FSM-9 combines Hillcrest’s MotionEngine Universal software on an embedded 32-bit microcontroller (MCU), along with
  • 9/11
    Self-Calibrating Sensors for Building Energy Efficiency
    Self-Calibrating Sensors for Building Energy Efficiency An old-school German sensor company and a building energy expert team up to solve a quiet problem in efficiency: out-of-whack sensors. Everyone’s heard the old saying: you can’t manage what you can’t measure. But
  • 9/11
    Radar and Thermal Imaging Multi-Sensor System for VIP Protection
    Radar and Thermal Imaging Multi-Sensor System for VIP Protection Published on November 9, 2012 at 2:48 AM Liteye Systems, Inc. (Centennial, Colorado, USA) and Plextek Limited (Great Chesterford, England) announced today that they have combined their market leading thermal imaging
  • 9/11
    New IC Reduces Component Count in Touch Sensor Applications
    New IC Reduces Component Count in Touch Sensor Applications Published on November 9, 2012 at 2:42 AM ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, has introduced a highly integrated
  • 9/11
    Crash Sensors Determine Deployment of Dual-Stage Front Airbags
    Crash Sensors Determine Deployment of Dual-Stage Front Airbags Published on November 9, 2012 at 2:45 AM The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today named the all-new 2013 Fusion a Top Safety Pick. To earn a Top Safety Pick, a vehicle must receive a rating of
  • 9/11
    Sensor System Measures Stress Levels in Smoke-Divers
    Sensor System Measures Stress Levels in Smoke-Divers   Smoke-divers are exposed to high temperatures, physical exhaustion and stress, and they can easily exceed the limits of what good health can tolerate. A new method based on measurements made by a wireless sensor system
  • 7/11
    Using edge count to decode an encoder
    Using edge count to decode an encoder All engineers know how to use their digital oscilloscope to automatically measure basic parameters such as peak-to-peak voltage, rise time, or frequency on waveforms with a few button presses. Some measurements are not as well known, but they can
  • 7/11
    Researcher creates tools to switch off PLCs
    Researcher creates tools to switch off PLCs System runs online without authentication. A researcher has revealed dangerous holes in a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system used by some 261 manufacturers including Bosch, CAT and Mitsubishi Electric Europe.
  • 7/11
    Sensors Could Turn Ground Vehicles Into Intel Gatherers
    Sensors Could Turn Ground Vehicles Into Intel Gatherers Seventy years ago, the fabled WWII British Long Range Desert Group — the Desert Rats — drove Willys Jeeps and Chevy trucks deep into the North African desert for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
  • 6/11
    CIP Safety for Sercos Now Available
    CIP Safety for Sercos Now Available At a press briefing during the Pack Expo 2012 show, Sercos International (SI) and IXXAT Automation GmbH (IXXAT) announced the availability of a protocol stack software for CIP Safety on Sercos. The safety software developed
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