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Plessey Launches High Current, Single Supply, LDO Linear Regulator Products

Plessey Semiconductors today announced the release of the PS2292X family of easy-to-use, robust, linear regulator products that uses Plessey's bipolar process to offer industry-leading, low noise performance and very low dropout (LDO) current.

From Plessey Semiconductors Ltd 28 Feb 2013

Selex’s Gridkey System to Monitor Low-Voltage Power Networks Receives Rushlight Awards

Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Gridkey, its collaboration with smart-grid specialist Sentec, has been presented with awards in two categories at the Rushlight Awards, presented annually to companies who develop new ‘clean’ technologies and innovations that benefit the environment.

27 Feb 2013

STMicroelectronics Adds Single-Chip Magnetometer to MEMS Sensor Portfolio

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronic applications, the world's top MEMS manufacturer, and the leading supplier of MEMS sensors for consumer and portable applications[1], has added a high-performance standalone 3-axis magnetometer to its MEMS sensor portfolio. The new sensor delivers high performance in a very small package.

22 Feb 2013

CEIA Metal Detectors Provide Effective Security Checkpoints and Improved Fan Experience

Security planning for major events continues as a balancing act between meeting the challenges of evolving threats while providing minimal impact for a positive and fan-friendly experience. For professional sporting events, metal detectors are becoming an integral component of game-day security enhancements.

20 Feb 2013

STMicroelectronics Introduces New Battery Fuel-Gauging IC

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader supplying customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading manufacturer of standard ICs, has unveiled its latest battery fuel-gauging device featuring patented innovations that improve long-term accuracy. This tiny chip, the STC3115, can be used in high-volume handheld electronics, and has already been selected by Samsung for some of its recent smartphones. Battery charge indicators – or fuel gauges - have become essential for managing devices such as smartphones, laptops or digital cameras.

From STMicroelectronics 15 Feb 2013

Integrated Electronics Technology to Distribute Vishay Foil Resistors in India

Vishay Precision Group, Inc. today announced that Integrated Electronics Technology P. Ltd. (INTRON), an India-based manufacturer and distributor of resistors, is distributing the complete Vishay Foil Resistors brand (VFR) product portfolio throughout the country.

From Vishay Precision Group, Inc. 7 Feb 2013

Freescale Xtrinsic eCompass Software Wins Electronic Products’ Product of the Year Award

Freescale Semiconductor has been awarded an Electronic Products’ Product of the Year award for its Freescale Xtrinsic eCompass software, which fuses data from Freescale Xtrinsic accelerometers and magnetometers to implement a highly accurate tilt-compensated electronic compass with full hard and soft iron calibration of magnetic disturbance.

From NXP Semiconductors 7 Feb 2013

Vishay Introduces Axial Cemented Wirewound Resistors Designed for High Voltage Surges

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today introduced a new series of axial cemented wirewound resistors that are the industry's first to offer a customized high-voltage surge withstanding capability up to 12 kV.

From Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. 31 Jan 2013

New FCI Software May Help Determine Optimal Placement of Fault Circuit Sensing Devices

GRIDiant Corporation, a leading providing of Advanced Grid Management (AGM) software applications for electric utilities, and Baltimore Gas and Electric, Maryland's largest gas and electric utility, today announced a joint technology agreement to commercialize a new software application that could improve the reliability of smart grid and lower distribution line crew costs for utilities.

24 Jan 2013

Adams Magnetic Products Offers Vacuumschmelze Current Sensors

Vacuumschmelze (VAC) current sensors have set the industry standard for quality and accuracy. Although Adams Magnetic Products has stocked VAC nanocrystalline cores since 2010, they have just expanded their offering to include VAC current sensors, and can now fill customer orders from stock held in Elmhurst, IL.

17 Jan 2013

Electric and Magnetic Sensor News

Plessey Launches High Current, Single Supply, LDO Linear Regulator Products

Selex’s Gridkey System to Monitor Low-Voltage Power Networks Receives Rushlight Awards

STMicroelectronics Adds Single-Chip Magnetometer to MEMS Sensor Portfolio

CEIA Metal Detectors Provide Effective Security Checkpoints and Improved Fan Experience

STMicroelectronics Introduces New Battery Fuel-Gauging IC

Integrated Electronics Technology to Distribute Vishay Foil Resistors in India

Freescale Xtrinsic eCompass Software Wins Electronic Products’ Product of the Year Award

Vishay Introduces Axial Cemented Wirewound Resistors Designed for High Voltage Surges

New FCI Software May Help Determine Optimal Placement of Fault Circuit Sensing Devices

Adams Magnetic Products Offers Vacuumschmelze Current Sensors

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