First Components introduces an ALS (Ambient Light Sensor) with analog output for light-sensing control applications from Capella Microsystems Inc. a specialist for visible light sensors and UV-sensors ...

An example is the sensing of a rotary cam position. The oblong shape of the cam dictates use of a sensor able to detect different shapes and sizes. A simple prox sensor merely detects the presence or ...

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc., (TAOS, www.taosinc.com) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to combine the company with ...

Expanding the company's family of ambient light sensors, the APDS-9007 provides a logarithmic output and covers a wide range of brightness from 3 lux to 70,000 lux. Designed to follow the human-eye ...

Analog Devices Inc. ADI recently announced that it has acquired a sensing company, SNAP Sensor, to gain a greater share of the Internet of Things (IoT) market. The terms of the deal have not been ...

Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions (TAOS) has introduced a range of sensors with what it claimed is improved digital ambient light sensing and proximity detection technology. The TSL2x72 series ...

Also known as “smart everything,” the Internet of Things (IoT) is grabbing headlines across the industry. As any great new technology, it comes wrapped in shiny paper that touts it as the solution for ...

How does a camera see the image it is about to capture? If it's a digital camera, the microcontroller “sees” the image ultimately and works its magic by recording and manipulating the analog image ...