Maxim Integrated introduces it’s new MAXREFDES27# IO-Link subsystem reference design that lets operators tune and calibrate an optical proximity sensor with excellent accuracy, up to 14 bit resolution ...

Presented as the first optical proximity sensor for portable personal devices like cell phones and laptops, the HSDL-9100-021 can be set to detect nonferrous objects at up to 60 mm. Consisting of an ...

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Elliptic Labs has found a way to replace a staple of smartphones — the hardware optical proximity sensor — with an ultrasound software solution. Proximity sensors are a key component that turn off the ...

Compact mobile devices have a new miniature, low-cost optical proximity sensor at the ready. In mobile phones, for example, the HSDL-9100-021 sensor makes it possible to automatically change from the ...

Elliptic Labs made a bit of a splash a few years ago when it unveiled its gesture-control technology for smartphones. The intriguing tech works through a modified chip that tunes the devices’ speakers ...

Integrating an optical touch switch in their compact, surface-mount packages, the SFH7740 and SFH7741 proximity sensors use distance measurements to detect a mobile device’s operating status without ...

Vishay has created a complete proximity sensor inside a single surface-mount package – integrating laser (940nm VCSEL), photodiodes, amplifiers, ADC and DSP into 2 x 1.25 x 0.5mm. Called VCNL36825T, ...