Maxim Integrated introduces it’s new MAXREFDES27# IO-Link subsystem reference design that lets operators tune and calibrate an optical proximity sensor with excellent accuracy, up to 14 bit resolution ...

Presented as the first optical proximity sensor for portable personal devices like cell phones and laptops, the HSDL-9100-021 can be set to detect nonferrous objects at up to 60 mm. Consisting of an ...

Integrating an optical touch switch in their compact, surface-mount packages, the SFH7740 and SFH7741 proximity sensors use distance measurements to detect a mobile device’s operating status without ...

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. announced a new fully integrated proximity and ambient light optical sensor with the industry's lowest height of 0.8 mm. Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. announced a new fully ...

Using their Mosquito fabrication method, the researchers created a fan-out pattern of multiple thin light paths inside a thin sheet of PDMS. This created four optical channels that could be used for ...

In the pursuit of clean and renewable energy, hydrogen plays an important role. But a major challenge facing this transition is that the gas is explosive when mixed with air. For this reason, it is ...

Researchers have developed a new optical sensor that provides a simple way to achieve real-time detection of extremely low levels of arsenic in water. Researchers have developed a new optical sensor ...

Patients who remain in bed for long periods of time may develop pressure sores, which can in turn become potentially life-threatening chronic skin ulcers. A new sensor could help keep that from ...

CU Boulder researchers have built high-performing optical microresonators, opening the door for new sensor technologies. At ...