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Optical micrometer with HTML5 user interface

Optical micrometer with HTML5 user interface

Micro-Epsilon: After successfully launching the optoCONTROL 2520 laser micrometer in April 2014, its ease of use has now been further improved. The web interface now runs on HTML5 instead of Java. For users, this means improved stability and...

2015-04-23
Evaluation Board for Software-Defined Sensor Offering

Evaluation Board for Software-Defined Sensor ...

Melexis, a global microelectronics engineering company, has today introduced an evaluation board (EVB) to strengthen the support available for its innovative MLX90393 programmable magnetic sensor IC. The MLX90393 EVB measures 30mm x 30mm, and...

2015-04-22
Honeywell to showcase, demo newest sensors at Sensor+Test 2015

Honeywell to showcase, demo newest sensors ...

Honeywell will showcase its large portfolio of sensors and switches used in design, test and measurement applications at the Sensor + Test Measurement Fair in Nurnberg, Germany, May 19-21, 2015. In addition, experts from Honeywell Sensing and...

2015-04-17
PT9011OVL onboard vehicle load cell

PT9011OVL onboard vehicle load cell

PT Ltd: The PT9011OVL is a tool steel beam sealed to IP67, electroless nickel plated and ideally suited to onboard vehicle weighing. The PT9011OVL can also be used in standard weighing installations where a rigid connection is required to keep the...

2015-04-16
Customer-programmable current-sensor IC in standard inline package

Customer-programmable current-sensor IC in ...

Allegro MicroSystems: The new A1369 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a customer-programmable, high-accuracy linear Hall-effect-based current sensor IC packaged in a slimline 3-pin single-inline package which allows for easy integration with a...

2015-04-14
Ultra Low-Flow Coriolis Meter/Controller with EtherCAT Capability

Ultra Low-Flow Coriolis Meter/Controller ...

Bronkhorst High-Tech BV is proud to announce the availability of their new mini CORI-FLOW™ ML120 Series Coriolis Mass Flow Meters and Controllers for (ultra) low flow ranges. The instruments were designed to provide the user with highly...

2015-04-13

Colibrys launches new products ...

Colibrys, the Swiss MEMS manufacturer, announces a new product launch and strengthens its worldwide position as a high-end motion sensors supplier. This news closes an intense period of change that began in 2013 with the company buy-out from Sagem...

2015-04-10
IR camera for temperatures up to 1.800 °C

IR camera for temperatures up to 1.800 °C

Optris GmbH: The optris® PI 1M thermal imaging camera is the latest innovation in the Optris camera range. In addition to the well-known advantages of Optris infrared cameras, such as their compact size, USB interface and license-free...

2015-04-09
New, Low Cost MEMS Inclinometers from Jewell Instruments

New, Low Cost MEMS Inclinometers from Jewell ...

Jewell Instruments is proud to introduce nine new families of low-cost MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) inclinometers. They are the latest additions to Jewell’s quality line of high performance electronic tilt meters. Models span from...

2015-04-08
Closed-Loop Control: High-Resolution and Stable Linear Actuator Now also Available with Position Sensor

Closed-Loop Control: High-Resolution and ...

Physik Instrumente (PI) has developed a new PiezoMike linear actuator with integrated incremental encoder for the closed-loop adjustment of mechanical and optomechanical components. The N-472 keeps a position with long-term stability and is...

2015-04-08
Miniature thermometer for sterile processes gets Ex approvals

Miniature thermometer for sterile processes gets

WIKA: The TR21 miniature resistance thermometer from WIKA is currently the only instrument on the market that combines a housing of only 19 mm diameter with explosion protection. The measuring instrument, developed for...

2015-04-07
TIC501 Pro - Managing and analyzing traffic: Reliable counting and classification with one sensor over several lanes

TIC501 Pro - Managing and analyzing traffic ...

SICK AG: The TIC501 Pro (Traffic Information Collector) profiling system is designed for traffic management and statistical applications in multi-lane, free-flowing traffic. The mounting position of the system components can be adapted easily to...

2015-04-07
Wireless Battery-less Easy-to-use Food Probe for Freezing Equipment

Wireless Battery-less Easy-to-use Food Probe ...

SENSeOR and its customer Coldline present a new feature for high-end blast chillers: an innovative food probe easy to use and easy to clean, cable-free and without battery. Blast chilling and the quick cold technology are now well-known and used...

2015-04-07
Transmitter for Very Low Air Velocity

Transmitter for Very Low Air Velocity

E+E Elektronik: The new EE660 air velocity transmitter from E+E Elektronik measures air velocity down to 0.15 m/s and is particularly suitable for laminar flow control and other clean room applications. The E+E thin film sensor used in EE660...

2015-04-02
Handheld Device for fiber optic measurement FOTEMP - 2015 Redesign

Handheld Device for fiber optic measurement ...

OPTOcon AG: Robust and compact – these properties allow the FOTEMP1-Handheld thermometer to exist in environments, which require user mobility and fast results. For this purpose the newly developed Design meets advanced modern technology as...

2015-04-02
Level sensor in hygienic design

Level sensor in hygienic design

WIKA: For sanitary applications, WIKA has developed a magnetostrictive level sensor in hygienic design. The model FLM-H sensor, certified in accordance with 3A Sanitary Standards, measures level in tanks and vessels with...

2015-04-02
New MEMS DC Response Accelerometers

New MEMS DC Response Accelerometers

PCB Piezotronics: PCB® Automotive Sensors Division is pleased to announce the addition of a new series of MEMS DC Response Accelerometers. This series is specifically designed to improve the precision of low-frequency vibration and motion in...

2015-04-01
All-rounder with large operating range

All-rounder with large operating range

Leuze electronic has trimmed the new SR 49C series for performance and flexible use in various fields of application. The light scanners, throughbeam photoelectric sensors and retro-reflective photoelectric sensors of the new series can be...

2015-03-31
NextGen Photoelectric Sensors with IO-Link for the Food Industry

NextGen Photoelectric Sensors with IO-Link ...

Baumer, the sensor expert, now also makes the user benefits of its NextGen sensors available to the food industry. Cost and time savings due to flexibility characterize the stainless steel models of the O500 photoelectric sensor. Overall, three...

2015-03-27
Conductivity measurement with remote sensor for increased flexibility

Conductivity measurement with remote sensor ...

Baumer has added a new model to its range of CombiLyz conductivity meters. In addition to the compact AFI4, the AFI5 version with remote sensor is now also available. This new CombiLyz version includes two individual components: the inductive...

2015-03-26
W100-2 Versatile miniature photoelectric sensors with large sensing ranges

W100-2 Versatile miniature photoelectric sensors

SICK AG: W100-2 miniature photoelectric sensors are compatible with all standard detection principles (through-beam photoelectric sensors, photoelectric retro-reflective sensors, photoelectric retro-reflective sensors for detecting transparent...

2015-03-26
Intelligent encoder configurator with instant recall

Intelligent encoder configurator with instant ..

Wachendorff: With its configurator for incremental and absolute rotary encoders, Wachendorff Automation is able to offer design engineers and developers genuine added value compared with conventional configurators of the same class. The...

2015-03-23
AMA and DMA series MEMS accelerometers

AMA and DMA series MEMS accelerometers

Jewell Instruments is thrilled to introduce the new AMA and DMA series MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) accelerometers. They are the latest additions to Jewell’s quality product line of high performance and accuracy for inertial...

2015-03-23
WDGI encoder… the new incremental industry standard

WDGI encoder… the new incremental industry ...

Wachendorff Automation has completely revised the incremental encoders of the WDG series, which are based on the 58 mm design size industry standard. This can only mean one thing: WDG has become WDGI. Modern industrial design and further enhanced...

2015-03-18
Linear encoder in tiny SMD-package

Linear encoder in tiny SMD-package

POSIC expands its portfolio of incremental encoder kits with the ID4501 programmable encoder that is housed in a tiny SMD package measuring only 5x6 mm. The linear scale is 3.7 mm wide and up to 550 mm long. The profile-height of encoder and scale...

2015-03-17
Current sensor ICs with common-mode field rejection

Current sensor ICs with common-mode field ...

Allegro MicroSystems: The ACS724 and ACS725 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe are two new current sensor ICs designed to offer economical and precise solutions for AC or DC current sensing in industrial, automotive, commercial and communications...

2015-03-17
SG for fiber composites available immediately ex stock from HBM

Profitable sensor solution for manufacturers ...

HBM: The new digital load cells provide a real alternative to sensors based on electromagnetic force compensation (EFC). With a price up to 60% cheaper than the EMF sensors frequently used until now, modern SG-based load cells make it possible to...

2015-03-16
CoolingJacket for infrared cameras up to 315 °C

CoolingJacket for infrared cameras up to 315 °C

Optris GmbH has developed the new cooling jacket optris® CoolingJacket Advanced for use with its infrared cameras and certain infrared thermometers in ambient temperatures of up to 315 °C. The new protective casing of the Extended version...

2015-03-16
Colibrys and OxTS announce xOEMcore the first standalone IMU on offer from OxTS

Colibrys and OxTS announce xOEMcore the ...

Colibrys announced the launch of the xOEMcore IMU/INS, integrating high-grade MEMS sensors in a small board set package. “The inertial sensors we selected from Colibrys were ideal for us because of its long term bias stability and high...

2015-03-13
SG for fiber composites available immediately ex stock from HBM

Compact piezoelectric force sensor with ...

HBM Test and Measurement (HBM), long-time provider of piezoelectric force transducers, is expanding its product range with a new compact force transducer with a nominal (rated) force of 25 kN, a high output signal and an extensive temperature...

2015-03-09
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