The instrumentation used for test and evaluation of a design defines a large part of the engineer’s world. While multimeters, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and vector network analyzers are the ...

This article explores key mixed-signal applications, highlighting the difference between signal-path faults and rail-driven ...

Sensors in automotive designs are used in a wide range of applications from measuring the pressure of gas tank vapor and exhaust to tracking magnetics for gear tooth and valve position. Regardless of ...

The current state of engineers working in analog signal-path engineering. Who they are, their ages, experience, and their time in the practice. Signal-path design refers to the process of designing ...

The newest current sensor family from Allegro MicroSystems, Inc., the ACS704, is the first SOIC8-packaged Hall-effect current sensor with the current path integrated into the package for greater ...

Designers of industrial-automation applications have many viable choices for sensor-related signal conditioning and network connectivity, each with a variety of attributes. Among these is IO-Link, a ...

Knock sensors are devices used in internal combustion engines to detect engine knock or detonation. The knock sensor detects vibrations and sends a signal to the engine control module (ECM), to ...

Melexis has brought out a linear Hall-effect sensor that draws less than 5 µA at 100 Hz and integrates digital filters for ...