Instrumentation and Control News

Image Sensors 2007 - CMOS, Handsets and Beyond will be held on 25th and 26th June at the Hilton San Diego Resort in California

Since this sensor is in a rugged IP 68 stainless steel housing, it can reliably handle the toughest industrial environments and makes it suitable for many applications such as steering and tilt angle measurement on mobile construction equipment.

CI Electronics has introduced SP Connect, a new software package for use with their Sade SP range of tablet and capsule weight sorters

Hach Lange is offering a free calibration of their spectrophotometers (models DR2000, DR2010, DR2400 and DR2500) with each purchase of two packs of high quality reagent

EMX Industries has announced the UVX-300-GC luminescence sensor, thought to be the first UV (ultraviolet light) sensor with a calibration function, possible through software algorithms

Two-legged walking humanoid Rogun poses with a child. A Korean venture start-up has developed the country's first humanoid that recognizes people through embedded cameras and high-end face-tracking software.

The installation will include 3M's SelfCheck systems, enabling patrons to check out, return and renew RFID-tagged loaned media, as well as to pay fines and other fees, without the aid of library staff. The library serves a growing population of more than 1.25 million citizens and will become one of the largest municipal library systems in the United States to utilize RFID technology to facilitate faster and more efficient circulation and inventory procedures...

Impinj hopes its relationship with Yeon Technologies will support the growth of Chinese RFID product manufacturers and distributors, while helping ramp up RFID end-user adoption in Taiwan. Production quantities of the Speedway reader are available today from Yeon Technologies and Impinj's other VAR and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners worldwide.

The EM4205 and EM4305 chips comply with the ISO 11784 and 11785 RFID standards, developed for transponders that meet livestock tracking requirements. The ICs can be encoded to meet to the EN14803 waste management standard, EM Microelectronic reports, and they can also be used in tags for physical access control.

Mikoh has also revealed its first contract manufacturer that will help the company bring the tags to market. The security solutions provider is teaming up with Twinlinx, a French chip maker, to manufacture 13.56 MHz chips compliant with the ISO 15693 and 14443 air-interface standards.