Two new subsystem reference designs from Maxim Integrated Products provide very accurate, low-power optical proximity sensing and enhance distributed control with a compact digital-input hub. The ...

The proximity sensor utilizes miniature hall effect technology in an IC package mounted directly on the actuator. The hall effect is an ideal technology with a virtually unlimited on-off cycle life ...

For safety, accuracy and convenience, automation is providing improvements in everyday applications. Consider the precision and advantages of computer-assisted surgery or the array of automation now ...

As electronic security has developed over the years to supply end users with greater security and convenience than ever before, so security professionals have come to rely on their systems in greater ...

As Apple is expected to introduce its long-awaited tablet today, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office granted the hardware maker ownership for inventing a touchscreen with a built-in proximity sensor.

Proximity sensors have been around on our phones for quite a while and apart from detecting the presence of a human ear, it also locks the screen when the phone’s in the pocket and enables gesture ...

Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH (P+F, www.pepperl-fuchs.com), a Mannheim, Germany-based manufacturer of electronic sensors and components for intrinsically safe explosion protection, is acquiring the proximity ...