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Current Sensors – 5300 series
[caption id="attachment_130" align="alignnone" width="595"] Current sensor[/caption] Announced option of its new 5300 series of current sensors and transformers that measure an array of AC currents by transforming them accurately from high to low measurable values. API's 5300 series have a wide primary current array of 3.5 ...
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Hall-Effect Current Sensors – ACS712 and ACS713
Allegro MicroSystems’ two high-performance, low-noise 2100-Vrms isolation current sensors, the ACS712 (bidirectional) and ACS713 (unidirectional), provide lower noise and better accuracy than previous generation current sensors. These sensors include an internal shield, which effectively attenuates high dV/dt transients over the leadfr...
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Hall Effect Sensor – X4 Series
[caption id="attachment_125" align="alignnone" width="595"] Hall sensor[/caption] The X4 from Elma Electronic AG may be the first inside a class of new rugged switches depending on the latest Hall Effect sensor coding technology. Hall Effect sensing technology offers enhanced reliability and gratifaction where conventional switches wo...
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Linear Current Sensor IC – the ACS770
[caption id="attachment_122" align="alignnone" width="595"] sensor[/caption] A thermally enhanced, fully integrated, hall-effect-based, high precision linear current sensor IC from Allegro MicroSystems, LLC, the ACS770 Series, comprises a precision, low-offset linear Hall circuit having a copper conduction path located close to the di...
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Programmable Digital Hall Effect Sensors – The MLX92231 and MLX92211
[caption id="attachment_119" align="alignnone" width="595"] Hall Effect Sensors[/caption] Melexis Technologies NV introduces two new parts for the programmable digital Hall Effect sensor line. The MLX92231 and MLX92211 feature EEPROM memory, allowing magnetic switching thresholds to become configured (including hysteresis).Both of the...
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Programmable Linear Hall Sensor – the MLX91209CA
[caption id="attachment_115" align="alignnone" width="595"] Hall Sensor[/caption] Melexis has provided a linear Hall sensor to be used as a current sensor.Having its fast response some time and improved stability over operating temperature and also over lifetime, the MLX91209CA is optimized for demanding current sensing applications. ...
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Hall Effect Magnetic Sensors – DRV5000
[caption id="attachment_111" align="aligncenter" width="595"] Hall Effect Magnetic Sensors[/caption] Texas Instruments strengthened its motor solutions and sensing portfolio by having a new class of Hall Effect magnetic sensors made for use in industrial applications which range from position detection to motor control. The rugged and...
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High Temperature Linear Current Sensor IC – ACS759
Allegro MicroSystems Corporation declares a new current sensor IC that offers an economical and also exact solution for AC or DC current sensing in 3.3 V supply applications. This new device is directed at the automotive and industrial markets. Typical applications include motor control, load detection and management, power supply and ...
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Testing Open-loop Current Sensors and Closed-Loop Current Sensors
Simple construction allows an open-loop Hall effect sensor to beat its closed-loop counterparts in terms of price, weight, and size; yet it may be susceptible to temperature variation and saturation. Open-loop current sensors have a definite price advantage over closed-loop current sensors. While you can use them in drive applications...