Electronic Design

Magnetic Angle Position Sensors Elicit Efficient, Energy-Saving Motor Control

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. In the seemingly endless quest for higher motor performance and improved system cost efficiencies, motor manufacturers ...
Electronic Design

Dual Die, Hall-Effect Angle Sensor ICs for Motor Position Applications

(Image courtesy of Allegro Microsystems). Allegro MicroSystems recently introduced a new family of contact-less, Hall-effect-based magnetic sensor ICs for high speed motor position sensing ...
EDN

Sensor basics: Types, functions and applications

The Apple iPhone brought the benefits of integrated multi-sensor technology to the masses, and while the application of sensors and their associated algorithms has multiplied and changed the world ...
Machine Design

The True Cost of Ownership for Linear Position Sensors, Part 1

Linear position measurement is a frequent requirement for many industrial automation or process control systems, QA functions, and R&D testing. A position sensor normally does the actual position ...
EDN

Magnetoreceptive sensor functions as electronic “second skin”

With a few exceptions primarily at the quantum-physics level, sensors of real-world parameters are inherently analog. The formal designations of the parameters being sensed are fairly clear, such as ...