Mouser Electronics is now stocking the BME680 environmental sensor from Bosch Sensortec. The BME680 delivers environmental measurement performance, made possible by the internal compensation and calibration of gas, pressure, temperature and humidity sensors. The sensor enables new capabilities for mobile devices such as air quality measurement, personalized weather stations, indoor navigation, fitness monitoring, home automation and other Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
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Texas Instruments unveils single-chip mmwave CMOS sensors
Designed for automotive and industrial use, the AWR1x and IWR1x sensors are the smallest footprint complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensors, says Texas Instruments.
Keep flexible, then stay fashionably focused
Keep flexible, then stay fashionably focused: The first rule of business is to be flexible to market demands. Some electronics companies are taking that literally, and producing flexible, hybrid electronics for a new generation of wearable products, writes Caroline Hayes
Analyst IDTechEx Research reports that today’s $100million annual wholesale revenue of electronics textiles will increase to nearly $5billion by 2027, as clothing and electronics companies make “significant investments” to enable mainstream, commercial products.
Wearable technology keeps pace in the space race
Wearable technology keeps pace in the space race: The International Space Station (ISS) is monitoring the earth and reporting back on climate change, and how crystals and crops can grow in space.
Astronauts and scientists on-board the ISS need to be fit and alert, and sleep is important. Sleep patterns, however, can be disrupted due to time zone changes – there can be 16 sunrises in one day – and work shift patterns.
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