To choose the best photoelectric sensor for your application, you need to consider a number of criteria, including sensor configuration; environment; and the placement, nature, and speed of the target ...

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I purchased one of each of these cheap sensors recently from aliexpress for testing purposes. Compared with the ubiquitous HC-SR04 (*), I liked the idea of having a combined emitter/receiver, i.e.

Abstract: In recent years, with the rapid advancement of unmanned systems, particularly unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous vehicles, the accurate collection of external information has become ...

Simply put, sensors are the eyes and ears of industrial automation. Regardless of the application, automation is simply not possible in today’s manufacturing process without sensors. There are many ...

I recently had to build an infrared close proximity sensor that could tell if something was dropped in a parcel delivery drop box. After some searching, I ended up using a microcontroller and a piece ...

1.8 uA @ 1 Hz humidity and temperature 2.8 uA @ 1 Hz pressure and temperature 3.6 uA @ 1 Hz humidity, pressure and temperature 0.1 uA in sleep mode Operating range ...

IDEC Corp. introduced its SA2E general-purpose photoelectric (PE) sensor family, in five models, each which improve on or replace proven SA1E products, the company says. A new ASIC, common to the ...

Application characteristics help specifiers choose the best discrete sensor type. Industrial automation systems depend on sensors to detect what is going on with machinery and products for effective ...