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TDK Upgrades Micronas Hall-Effect Switches 

TDK Corporation has upgraded its Micronas Hall-effect switch family, HAL 15xy, helping automotive and industrial design engineers more easily fulfill higher safety criteria in applications such as brake fluid sensing, seat belt detection and brake light […]

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Variohmn Buys Magnetic Encoder & Sensor Specialist Phoenix America

Variohm Holdings Group, based in Towcester, UK, has added encoder and magnetics sensor specialist Phoenix America to its group of companies which now have an expanded presence in North America. Located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Phoenix America develops and manufactures absolute and incremental encoders, speed […]

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As Small as a Finger, Magnetic Angle Sensor from ASM Can Fit into Door Hinges

Narrow and slim installation spaces in industrial applications require special sensor designs especially when they must withstand harsh environmental conditions such as humidity, dirt and intensive cleaning processes. ASM Sensors of Germany has developed a very small new angle sensor for meeting these requirements. […]

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Magnetic Sensing by Variohm for Modern Agricultural Machinery

As part of the many sensor technologies now widely employed in smart farming, where sophisticated monitoring and control is now universally applied to optimize crop production, mobile agricultural machinery manufacturers are increasingly utilizing precision sensors as part of the equipment and systems they produce to till, seed and harvest crops. Magnetic sensors are fielding many of the challenges. […]

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Paragraf Strides toward Commercializing Graphene-Based Hall Effect Sensors for Highly Precise Magnetic Measurement

In June, Paragraf embarked on a working partnership with the Magnetic Measurement section at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, with both parties set to demonstrate how new opportunities for magnetic measurements are opened up through the unique properties of its graphene sensor, particularly its negligible planar Hall effect. […]