Why MEMS-based system solutions?
This article, the last in the series “MEMS-Based Systems Solutions,” will address some of the more interesting implementations of . .
Tag: Sensors And Transducers
Refined sensing
I recently came across a new product that was unlike anything I’d seen before. The press release claimed that . .
Digital magnetometer targets LBS in handhelds with high resolution, low price
Aimed at handheld electronics such as smart phones and location-tracking devices, the Xtrinsic MAG3110 three-axis digital magnetometer is said . .
Project MEMS
MEMS devices have been available for almost 50 years. Pressure sensors, accelerometers, gyros, and displacement sensors have been popularly . .
MEMS gyro gives high performance at low cost
Described as a new class of small precision MEMS navigation and pointing gyros, the PinPoint MEMS gyro is said . .
3-axis accelerometer has USB, 125-μG sensitivity
The Code Mercenaries’ JoyWarrior24F14 three-axis acceleration sensor module can provide resolution down to 125 μG. The module has a . .
Solar robotics: Designing autonomous tracking systems
Perhaps one of the oldest technologies humans have mastered is tracking and predicting the locations of celestial objects, particularly . .
Compact MEMS vibration analyzer simplifies equipment monitoring
The MEMS-based ADIS16227 iSensor vibration monitor is a fully integrated three-axis vibration analyzer with programmable embedded processing that is . .
Improving nanoimaging of μ-Raman/AFM systems
The need for precise vibration isolation with scanning probe microscopy (SPM) and nearfield scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) systems is . .
The High-Temperature FlexiForce flexible force sensor
The company behind the High-Temperature FlexiForce flexible piezoresistive force sensors, Tekscan, was founded in 1987 to produce matrix, or . .