August 2012 News
Pressure & Humidity Sensors, Sensor Signal Conditioning,
LED Drivers and Power Management IC's 
In This Issue
NEW Temperature Sensor Chip
Ceramic Amplified Pressure Sensors
Optimizing the Calibration of Sensor Interfaces
New Boost LED Drivers
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Welcome to Servoflo's August newsletter. This month's topics include:
  • A new temperature sensor chip with digital output
  • Ceramic amplified pressure sensors
  • Optimizing the calibration of sensor interfaces    
  • New Boost LED drivers for high brightness applications 
If you are unsure of your needs or would like an immediate discussion about your application, the best use of your time is to either call us at 781-862-9572, email at info@servoflo.com, or use our contact us page.

TSYS01 Temperature Sensor Chip  

The TSYS01 is a versatile, new technology temperature sensor chip. The TSYS01 provides factory-calibrated temperature information. It includes a temperature sensing chip and a 24-bit ADC. Highly accurate temperature information (±0.1°C) and high resolution results from the 24 bit ADC and factory calibration.

 

The TSYS01 can interface to any microcontroller by an I2C or SPI protocol. The microcontroller calculates the temperature result based on the ADC values and the calibration parameters.  

 

Priced at $5.19 each for 1,000 piece orders, this temperature sensor delivers both value and performance! 

 

Features

  • High accuracy up to ±0.1°C
  • Wide temperature range of -40C to +125C
  • Very small size, QFN16, 4 mm X 4 mm X 0.85 mm
  • Ready for SMT assembly
  • I2C and SPI interface
  • Temperature range on request
  • Low current consumption
  • Low self-heating
  • Additional input for external temperature sensor component
  • Accepts 2.2 to 3.5VDC supply

Applications

  • Industrial control
  • HVAC
  • Medical devices
  • Machine monitoring
  • Replacement of classical discrete temperature sensors with analog circuits
  • Good for battery-powered applications
Learn more & access the datasheet
Ceramic Amplified Pressure Sensors
ME75X Series of Ceramic Pressure Sensors
ME75X & ME77X
This month's product highlight are 3 ceramic amplified pressure sensors from Metallux: ME75X, ME77X & ME780. No separate board or extra components are needed. These sensors allow designers to make a compact design. 
The piezoresistive sensors are high performing, media-compatible with excellent chemical resistivity. Typical applications include transducer development, medical, process control & instrumentation.

ME75X: Monolithic. Various pressure ranges from 0-2 bar up to 0-400 bar, gauge
. Output options of 0.5 - 4.5V ratiometric, 0-10V nonratiometric or 4-20 mA.

ME77X: Flush membrane. Various pressure ranges from 0-0.5 bar up to 0-600 bar. Gauge, sealed gauge or absolute. Output options of 0.5 - 4.5V ratiometric, 0-10V nonratiometric or 4-20 mA.

Both the ME75X & ME77X have a sophisticated A/D converter with 3 point pressure and temperature calibration. An auto-zero offset allows designers to eliminate offset shift caused by the mechanical closing force of the sensor.

ME780: Electronics built into the back of the sensor as opposed to a separate
ME780
ME780
daughter board creates a more compact sensor. In addition, the thermal compensation works faster because the temperature sensor is directly bonded on the measuring element. It is available with ratiometric and I2C configuration. The ratiometric version includes overvoltage,shortcircuit, ESD protection. Flush membrane. Various pressure ranges from 5 bar up to 600 bar. Gauge, sealed gauge or absolute.

All models can be delivered with a customized cable & connector.

 
Optimizing the Calibration of Sensor Interfaces
We have posted a new white paper on our web site written by David Grice of ZMDI. The article, published in Sensors Magazine, is titled, Optimizing the Calibration of Sensor Interfaces With Built-In Correction Algorithms. Here is an abstract of the article with a complete link to download.

Sensor signal conditioners with built-in correction algorithms can greatly aid sensor system designers as long as they understand which algorithm to use and when. The perennial challenge for sensor interface designers is to calibrate and correct the inherent nonidealities present in transducers. The major contributors to nonideality are typically the nonlinear response to stimulus, the offset, and the temperature dependence of one or both of these factors. The advent of commodity IC's with high-performance analog and complex digital circuitry reduces the effort and cost of sensor correction and provides the designer with systemic methodologies and tools for sensor correction. This article examines these techniques and describes how to optimize them for one broad class of sensor signal conditioners that are inexpensive yet highly configurable, enabling high-precision measurements made using a range of sensor types.

 

Read the full white paper  

New Boost LED Drivers

ZLSL7025 Boost LED Driver

 

The ZSLS7025 is a constant current boost converter designed for driving high-brightness LEDs. It is optimal for driving multiple white LEDs connected in series so that the LED current is uniform for better brightness and color control. The wide input range and high output current enables diverse industrial, after-market automotive, and consumer lighting applications.

 

The ZSLS7025 output current is adjustable via an external current sense resistor and can deliver stable constant output current from a few milliamps up to 2A or higher.

 

The ZSLS7025 drives a constant current into the load. The control loop features a pulse frequency modulated architecture that is inherently stable and does not need loop compensation. PWM or linear voltage dimming is supported, which allows flexible control of the LED luminance.

 

Learn more about the ZSLS7025 

 

ZLED7015 Boost Converter LED Driver
with Internal Swit
ch

 

The ZLED7015 is a constant current boost converter with an internal high power 35V switch. It is optimal for driving multiple white LEDs connected in series so that the LED current is uniform for better brightness and color control. It can also drive devices that require a constant voltage and is capable of operating efficiently with voltage supplies ranging from 6VDC to 30VDC. It is ideal for diverse lighting applications requiring low supply voltages such as SELV applications. Typically, smaller, less expensive external components can be used since the ZLED7015 switches at 1.0 MHz (typical).

 

The ZLED output current is adjustable via an external current sense resistor Rs connected from the FB pin to ground. The ZLED improves efficiency and minimizes power losses in the current setting resistor Rs by use of an internal 0.3V feedback reference voltage.

 

Dimming can be controlled using a pulse-width modulation (PWM) waveform or a DC voltage applied to the FB pin.

The ZLED7015 provides a "soft-start" function to prevent excessive in-rush current on start-up and ensures a controlled rise of the output voltage.

 

Learn more about the ZLED7015
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