5 Handy Uses For Smart Sensors You Probably Didn't Think Of

You don't need a sophisticated system to smarten up your home. There are many options requiring only a single smart sensor ...
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Digital Ambient Light Sensors

Maxim Integrated is highlighting its MAX44007/MAX44009, digital ambient-light sensor (ALS) ICs with a unique adaptive-gain block. Designed using the Company’s proprietary BiCMOS technology, these ICs ...
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Light Sensing: Seeing Beyond the Human Eye

Members can download this article in PDF format. Light sensors detect the presence or absence of light, and the intensity of that light. These sensors then convert light energy into an electrical ...
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Ambient light sensors adjust LCD brightness to save battery power

Ambient light sensors are used as backlighting controls in any number of LCD display applications from consumer electronics to automotive, and by automatically adjusting display brightness, they can ...
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Novel Sensor Process Delivers Single-Chip SWIR and Visible Light Capture

Demand for imaging in the shortwave-infrared (SWIR) range (between 1000 and 2000 nm) has been on the rise in recent years. Sensors for these SWIR wavelengths prove critical in industries such as food ...