MAZeT launches a product line of colour sensor ICs. Of lead-free (RoHS conformable) design, it will be available in commercial lots under the trade name JENCOLOUR from May 2005. The second generation of sensors provides characteristics that are fully compliant with the tri-stimulus value function un...

The Arbitrary Waveform Generators of the 60xx and 61xx series of Spectrum Systementwicklung Microelectronic are now available with the virtual function generator SPEasyGenerator. The user interface is designed with the look and feel of common stand-alone generators. A mouse-click changes signal shap...

Raytek offers its MP50 infrared linescanner systems with an OPC (OLE for Process Control) interface. The Linescanner is delivered with DTDP software including the OPC interface, which enables fast and easy “plug-and-play” functionality and remote data exchange with a variety of standard visualisatio...

National Instruments announced a USB digital I/O device priced at $95. The NI USB-6501 includes 24 digital I/O lines and a 32-bit counter. The Device has built-in, removable screw terminals. For embedded OEM applications, NI also offers a USB-6501 board-only design with a 36-pin ribbon cab...

Austriamicrosystems announces the introduction of the AS5035, an 8-bit incremental magnetic rotary encoder. The device provides incremental quadrature A/B output signals and an index output signal. The index signal represents a mechanical reference point, called the zero position, which can be progr...

The german measX GmbH & Co. KG created a reference system based on PXI, to calibrate test systems for rotary and position transducer sensors, used in high end vehicle pedals.

The "ideal sensor" is a calibration tool for test stands in production, development and quality control for sensor manufact...