Integrating Sensors with Cost-Optimized FPGAs

Guide to interfacing the TDNext Pmod with an Arty S7 FPGA: Vivado design, MicroBlaze I2C init, AXI-Stream demosaic, no external frame buffer.

Sensors for Atmospheric Monitoring

Portable sensors for NOx, SO2, CO2 and VOCs: electrochemical, biosensing and fiber-optic solutions for accurate, continuous environmental monitoring.

Constant-Current Drive for Pressure Sensors

Learn how pressure sensor bridge types respond to excitation, why constant-current improves linearity, and a TL431-based stable current-source design.

Industrial Area-Scan Camera Principles and Types

Learn area-scan industrial cameras: imaging principles, sensor types, key specs, defect detection, measurement uses, applications, pros and cons.

Ultrasonic Sensors and Distance Measurement Principles

Learn ultrasonic basics: piezoelectric transducers, echo ranging, 40kHz generation, and transmitter/receiver circuits for distance measurement.

Automotive Inertial Shipments Begin And Pressure Sensors

Xindong Lianke (688582) investor update on MEMS navigation-grade sensors, IMU modules, automotive & robotics applications, shipments and roadmap.

Machine Vision Spectrum Bands and Their Applications

Guide to lens selection for different wavelengths: transmittance, chromatic aberration and applications from UV to NIR, SWIR and LWIR imaging.

Pyroelectric Sensors: Principles and Applications

Pyroelectric PIR sensors: how passive infrared motion detectors work, principles, structure, benefits, and applications in lighting, doors, HVAC.

Principles of Optical Fiber Sensing: Mach-Zehnder Sensors

Mach-Zehnder fiber optic sensors: principles of temperature and pressure measurement using interference fringe shifts and photodetector readout.

Advantages and Applications of Visual-Inertial Odometry

Learn IMU preintegration for visual-inertial odometry: efficient IMU summarization, covariance propagation, and improved VIO optimization.