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Teledyne gets four CCDs into space in one week

Steve Bush — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:04:06 +0000

Teledyne Space Imaging has had its second CCD launch within a week, this time in part of the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-4 space-based air-quality monitoring mission. In the other one, ...

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Teledyne Space Imaging sensors launch on Japanese GOSAT-GW EO mission

Alun Williams — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 05:06:05 +0000

CIS120 sensors designed and manufactured by Teledyne Space Imaging have launched on the Japanese space mission GOSAT-GW (Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle). The Chelmsford-based company highlights ...

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Touch sensor shuns dirt, oil and water

Steve Bush — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:20:26 +0000

EBE Sensors + Motion has introduced a touch sensor evaluation board for challenging environments. It implements a technology branded ‘TCRC’, which is aimed at operating panels in industry, construction machinery, ...

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Down-hole accelerometer for drilling

Steve Bush — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:29:04 +0000

TDK is challenging quartz accelerometers in down-hole measure-while-drilling applications with a ±14g MEMS accelerometer that works across -30 to +150°C. With a “unique closed-loop architecture that provides an unprecedented level ...

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28g accelerometers and AI in 3mm sports inertial measurement unit

Steve Bush — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:17:01 +0000

Bosch has included ±28g accelerometers in its latest 3D inertial measurement unit, aimed at sports wearables. Called BHI385, it also includes a 32bit processor running embedded AI software “creating a ...

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9mm industrial-grade 3-axis accelerometer

Steve Bush — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:36:39 +0000

Murata has introduced an industrial-grade 3-axis accelerometer for structural health monitoring, machine control and construction. Includes temperature and drift over lifetime. Excluding mechanical shocks The company claims an offset error ...

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AMS Technologies to distribute Singular Photonics’ image sensors in Europe

Caroline Hayes — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:19:33 +0000

A strategic partnership has been announced between image sensor technology specialist, Singular Photonics, and optical technology distributor AMS Technologies. The partnership means Singular’s image sensors based on single photon avalanche ...

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Absolute rotary encoders work on motors up to 8,000rpm

Steve Bush — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:18:51 +0000

Same Sky has created an absolute encoder family for motor shafts from 9 to 15.875mm (5/8inch). Called AMT25 and said to be accurate to ±0.2°, the family relies on the ...

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200,000 electrode nerve cell sensing array

Steve Bush — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:23:24 +0000

Sony Semiconductor has created a nerve cell sensing array with over 200,000 electrodes spread over a few square millimetres. Aimed at drug research, it allows experiments on nerve cells outside ...

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Glass microfibres in textiles use acoustic waves to measure touch, pressure and movement

David Manners — Mon, 26 May 2025 05:21:49 +0000

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed smart textiles that use acoustic waves instead of electronics to measure touch, pressure and movement. SonoTextiles work with glass microfibres that conduct sound waves; ...

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