Some readers may recall building a line-following robot during their school days. Involving some IR LEDs, perhaps a bit of LEGO, and plenty of trial-and-error, it was fun on a tiny scale. Now imagine ...

STMicroelectronics has introduced a multi-spectral ambient light (plus UVA and near-IR) sensor, with flicker detection, in a package smaller than 1mm x 2mm. Applications are foreseen with phone ...

Omron Electronic Components has introduced a non-contact MEMS thermal sensor that it claims can detect the presence of humans in an area without the need for movement. The sensor is intended as an ...

Image sensor developer SiOnyx has demonstrated its XQE family of CMOS image sensors for the first time with sensitivity enhancements as high as 10x for infrared sensing. The XQE sensors also deliver ...