This Design Idea describes a method by which you can detect and assess air or liquid fluid flow using an externally heated semiconductor diode. Airflow across the heated diode reduces its temperature, ...

When they need to add temperature control to a project, many hackers reach for a K-type thermocouple for their high-temperature needs, or an integrated temperature-sensing IC when it doesn’t get that ...

This fire sensor circuit exploits the temperature sensing property of an ordinary signal diode IN 34 to detect heat from fire. At the moment it senses heat, a loud alarm simulating that of Fire ...

Microchip has announced 10 automotive-grade multi-channel temperature monitoring ICs that use external diodes, transistors or substrate diodes (MCU or other die) as sensors. Called the MCP998x family, ...

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic, ...

Greatly expands range of monitoring people and objects, contributing to elderly care and more The new MelDIR thermal-diode infrared sensor suppresses incident-light components that blur thermal images ...

MALVERN, PA--(Marketwire - Dec 3, 2012) - Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today added to its optoelectronics portfolio by introducing a fully integrated proximity sensor that combines an IR ...

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Diodes Incorporated (Diodes) (Nasdaq: DIOD) today introduced a new portfolio of high-sensitivity Hall-effect sensors. Devices in the robust AH39xxQ series provide ...

Over the past decade, researchers have made many skin-like medical and environmental sensors. But adding stretchable wireless communication circuits to these sensors has been difficult. Those radio ...

TOKYO, October 24, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today the upcoming launch of a new MelDIR-brand 80×60-pixel thermal-diode infrared sensor (MIR8060C1) ...