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When a sensor’s resistance changes, a sensor bridge outputs a differential voltage. One of the bridge’s four branches is where the resistive sensor XSENSOR is located.
A voltage regulated resistor is modelled by the circuit XSENSOR. Bridge devices are frequently used with sensors including strain gauges, pressure gauges, and some magnetic sensors.
Although the bridges are typically formed of several connected devices, MEMS sensors are an exception and can be either full or half bridges.
The Global bridge sensor market accounted for $XX Billion in 2021 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2024 to 2030.
For endoscopes and catheters, OmniVision Technologies, a provider of cutting-edge digital imaging systems, has introduced the OVMed OH0FA image sensor and OAH0428 bridge chip.
The OAH0428 from OMNIVISION is a single companion chip that offers integrated analogue to digital conversion and limited ISP capabilities, such as Auto White Balance (AWB), Auto Gain Control (AGC), and Auto Exposure Control (AEC), as well as Staggered HDR and multi-frame HDR.
The OAH0428 can process signals from 4-wire analogue, 4-wire digital, or 4-wire MIPI inputs and output them as DVP or MIPI. In addition to signal conversion, it does visual enhancements such as image scaling, frame rate control, mirroring, and flipping.
The OAH0428 may connect to the 4-wire digital/analog output from the OH0FA, OV6946, OH0TA, and OV6948 or the MIPI output from the OMNIVISION OH08A, OH08B, OH02A, and OH01A and convert it to a MIPI / DVP signal.
Additionally, the OAH0428 supports analogue, Bayer RGB, RAW, and conventional SCCB control inputs. The operation involves the digitization of the input signals from the image sensors by an ADC, followed by processing by a DSP to produce the standard MIPI / DVP outputs.
The TAS4240 TMR-based angle sensor from TDK Corporation broadens its line of tunnel-magnetoresistance (TMR) angle sensors for use in industrial and automotive applications. The TAS4240 offers two redundant analogue single-ended SIN/COS outputs and is housed in a small TSSOP8 package.
In applications where high performance is required but there is a need for compactness, the sensor enables precise angle measurements. The sensor has two separate SIN/COS outputs and four TMR half bridges.
The system can then achieve higher safety levels up to ASIL D while providing higher availability of position data even in the event that one of the output signals fails. The sensor may also be able to support fail-operational concepts, depending on the system architecture.
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG) subsidiary Micro-Measurements has announced the expansion of its line of Transducer Class full-bridge strain gauges based on Advanced Sensors technology. The devices are now available with smaller, higher resistance patterns to serve a variety of bending and torque/shear applications, offering several advantages over bonding multiple, individual strain gauges.
The most popular electrical circuit for detecting changes in strain gauge resistance is the Wheatstone bridge. Four electrical resistance elements must be connected in series and parallel for this circuit. The four resistance elements can be one, two, or four strain gauges, with precision resistors making up the partial configurations.
The full-bridge circuit, which has four active strain gauges, offers the best temperature cancellation and highest measurement sensitivity.
Two new full-bridge gate drivers have been introduced by Allegro MicroSystems, Inc., a leader in the world of sensing and power solutions for motion control and energy-efficient systems. These devices, which come with direct control (A89505) and pulse-width modulation (A89506) options, up-integrate crucial features to simplify system design and improve performance and reliability by switching out mechanical relays for solid-state drivers.
These devices require very few external components and come in a 4 mm x 4 mm QFN package, which is 36% smaller than comparable 5 mm x 5 mm devices. Built-in features include flexible interface logic, EMI mitigation with programmable gate drive, motor current feedback, and multiple diagnostic features.
The fourth of five tenders for the IoT-based structural health monitoring of bridges has been opened by ANAS, the government-owned Italian road and motorway agency. The technology will incorporate sensors that are built into the design of bridges. The bridge monitoring project, known as Cymon, features a digital counterpart of the new bridge.
The bridge’s structural stresses and environmental conditions will be modelled using a combination of sensors and augmented reality technologies. Using crack monitoring sensors and data analytics, a new partnership between SGS and AIMSight enables fully remote continuous structural health monitoring (SHM) of bridges.
Swift Sensors, a top supplier of cloud-based wireless sensor systems, and Eagle Eye Networks, the leading global provider of cloud-based video surveillance solutions, today announced a partnership to integrate Swift Sensors’ wireless sensor network with the Eagle Eye Cloud VMS.
With the help of this new integration, current Eagle Eye Networks customers can upgrade their Cloud Managed Video Recorder or Eagle Eye Bridge with wireless sensors for more information. Customers of Swift Sensors can connect to both their wireless sensors and video cameras using the Eagle Eye Bridge.
The addition of the Swift Sensors Virtual Bridge software and USB Sensor Radio to an Eagle Eye Bridge or Cloud Managed Video Recorder enables the connection.
With all Swift Sensors wireless sensors, the USB sensor radio enables wireless connectivity, and the Virtual Bridge software, which is running on the Eagle Eye Bridge, enables communication and control of the sensor system from the Swift Sensors Cloud Dashboard. The Swift Sensors Standard Bridge’s features are mirrored by the virtual bridge.
