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Researchers Measure Nanometer Scale Temperature

December 31, 2011 Contact

Electrothermal cantilever with nanometer-scale electrode tip integrated onto a microheater

Electro-thermal atomic force microscope cantilever tip enables new nanometrology. Urbana-Champaign IL, USA — Atomic force microscope cantilever tips with integrated heaters are widely used to characterize polymer films in electronics and optical devices, pharmaceuticals, paints, and coatings. These heated tips are also used in research labs to explore new ideas in nanolithography and data storage, [...]

New Programmable Digital Output, Immersion Style Temp Probe

December 28, 2011 Applications

Programmable Digital Immersion Style Temperature Probe

Precise digital temperature measurement from -40 °F to +302 °F (-40 °C to +150 °C) in the most extreme environments. East Wenatchee WA, USA –(PR.com) — Paine Electronics next generation of Silicon On Insulator (SOI) electronics high pressure and temperature transducers are specifically designed for high reliability, accuracy and long term stability over extended temperature [...]

TMP006 User Guide

July 30, 2011 ICs

Figure 1. TMP006 in a Target Object Temperature Measurement Setup

Dallas TX, USA – This user’s guide describes the function and operation of Texas Instrument’s TMP006, a non-contact infrared (IR) sensor with a digital interface. This document discusses the most important application-related design considerations to achieve optimal performance when using the TMP006 for surface temperature measurements. Contents 1 Introduction 2 System Overview 3 TMP006 Object [...]

Two Days Left For ITS9 Abstracts!

July 14, 2011 Applications

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Held Once per Decade – The Top Temperature Meeting in Los Angeles – March 2012 ITS9 – the International Temperature Symposium – A friendly reminder that we are just two days away from the July 15 deadline for ITS9 Abstracts. We’ll be sending out a bulk email reminder to our general mail list. Do you [...]

NEW CRYOGENIC TEMP SENSOR

June 28, 2011 Contact

SENSeOR-TSE-F043

SENSeOR LAUNCHES -196 °C to 47 °C SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE Mougins, FRANCE — A new wireless SAW cryogenic temperature sensor chip comes enriching SENSeOR’s product range. It was launched commercially at SENSOR+TEST in Nurnberg (Germany) past June from 7th to 9th. Current available SAW sensors from SENSeOR measure wirelessly temperatures from -15 °C to [...]

First single-chip digital IR MEMS temp sensor

June 14, 2011 Applications

TMP006 Functional Block Diagram

Enables contactless temperature measurement in portable & consumer electronic applications Developed through Texas Instruments’ ( TI’s) expertise in MEMS technology, the TMP006 is the first of a new class of ultra-small, low power, and low cost passive infrared temperature sensors. It has 90% lower power consumption and is more than 95% smaller than existing solutions, [...]

MSI Unveils N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition: Triple Temp Monitor:

June 11, 2011 Applications

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New World-Leading Afterburner Feature Taipei, Taiwan — At Computex 2011—the annual technology expo was held this year from May 31 to June 5 in Taipei. International motherboard and graphic card maker MSI displayed its new N580GTX Lighting Xtreme Edition (N580GTX Lighting XE). The new N580GTX Lighting XE comes equipped with a new Propeller Blade fan [...]

NEW Digital Temp Sensor with I2C/SMBUS Expanded Interface

May 27, 2011 Contact

TMP103 Functional Diagram

Dallas TX, USA – TI’s new TMP103 is a digital output temperature sensor in a four-ball wafer chip-scale package (WCSP). The TMP103 is capable of reading temperatures to a resolution of 1 °C. The TMP103 features a two-wire interface that is compatible with both I2C and SMBus interfaces. In addition, the interface supports multiple …

Product Guide: Thermal Management 2nd Edition

April 11, 2011 Applications

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From Maxim-IC This product guide showcases Maxim’s industry-leading portfolio of thermal-management devices, which includes temperature sensors and switches, fan controllers, and a highly accurate thermocouple-to-digital converter. Learn how to select the right fan controller and improve designs using multichannel temperature sensors. What’s inside? Thermocouple-to-Digital Converter . 2 Fan Controllers . 3 High-Accuracy Sensors . …

New MicronSensIR Family of Infrared Detector & Emitter Technology

March 27, 2011 Choosing a Sensor

Lumex MicronSensIR Emitters and Detectors

Palatine IL, USA – Lumex announces the global launch of the MicronSensIR™ family of infrared detector and emitter technologies. The lead selenide (PbSe) and lead sulfide (PbS) detectors are available in single element and multi-element formats and provide industry-leading sensitivity of 1.5E10 Jones across the 1 to 5.5 micron infrared spectrum. With superior …

Revolutionary Digital Temp Sensors

March 7, 2011 Contact

AT30TS750

Devices Offer High Precision & Integrate Nonvolatile Memory NUREMBERG, Germany, — /PRNewswire/ — Embedded World 2011 — At Embedded World Nuremberg 2011, Atmel® Corporation has announced the world’s first family of high-precision digital temperature sensors with both integrated nonvolatile registers and integrated Serial EEPROM memory. This combination allows for user-configured …

Temp Sensor Optimized for LED Lighting

January 19, 2011 Applications

S-5855A Series

Seiko Instruments IC enables safer, more efficient LED lighting designs TOKYO,JAPAN — /PRNewswire/ — Seiko Instruments Inc. has announced the S-5855A Series, a PWM (pulse width modulation) output temperature sensor IC for LED lightning designs. SII’s S-5855A begins to decrease the duty ratio of PWM signal output when the temperature exceeds the specified value. …

Twisted-pair reads & powers digital temp sensor

January 17, 2011 Applications

These two ICs enable the remote acquisition of temperature data over a twisted-pair cable.

Maxim App Note: 4542 Abstract: This circuit is a simple and economical interface for remote IC thermal sensors. The temperature sensor (MAX6576), an absolute temperature-to-period converter that integrates the sensor with the necessary signal electronics, connects to the receiver (a MAX9140 comparator) using a twisted-pair cable that carries power to and signals from the sensor. [...]

TSic^TM LABkit for USB/Windows

December 23, 2010 Contact

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Wattwil, Switzerland – The TSic LABkitTM is a “plug & play” tool designed for evaluating the TSicTM family of temperature sensor ICs. The LABkitTM offers efficient development for fast temperature sensing applications. Its software allows simultaneous display of up to four temperature signals in real time (data, minimum, maximum, and average) as well as …

World smallest bulk technology TE cooler

December 13, 2010 Control

Can be mounted on typical TO-56 header as part of an IR Detector System Berlin-Adlershof, Germany – TEC Microsystems GmbH and RMT introduce the world smallest thermoelectric cooler manufactured by bulk technology. New type belongs to recently developed 1MD03 Series of high-efficiency thermoelectric coolers with low-power consumption. With just 1.6 x 1.0 mm footprint the [...]

The Evolution Of Infrared Sensing

December 9, 2010 Applications

Introducing the MD Series Temperature Sensor Module Dexter MI, USA — A low cost solution for non-contact temperature measurements from Dexter Research. The sensor is integrated with signal conditioning that reliably produces a calibrated linear digital output in a plug-and-play package having many options. Programmable outputs and flexible power requirements yield a turnkey solution for [...]

Industry’s First Temp-compensated RTC

September 30, 2010 Applications

Maxim’s DS3231M : ±5ppm, I²C Real-Time Clock from -40 °C to +85 °C Sunnyvale CA, USA – The DS3231M is a low-cost, extremely accurate, I²C real-time clock (RTC). The device incorporates a battery input and maintains accurate timekeeping when main power to the device is interrupted. The integration of the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonator …

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