EDN’s 20th annual Innovation Awards Finalists
-- EDN, February 18, 2010
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&& PREVIOUS FINALIST | MAIN | NEXT FINALIST >> Category: Sensors Finalist: QuickSense Si11xx sensors, Silicon Labs  Silicon Labs has addressed the growing need for innovation in HMIs (human-machine interfaces) with the QuickSense portfolio featuring infrared and ambient light sensors and capacitive touch sense MCUs (microcontrollers). Silicon Labs is the first company to offer both IR sensing technology and high-performance touch sense MCUs in the same portfolio, enabling intuitive “touchless” interfaces for infrared sensor applications. The combination of Silicon Labs’ Si11xx proximity and ambient light sensors and C8051F800 touch sense MCUs supports a wide range of IR-based functions such as touchless switches and sliders controlled by gestures, proximity detection, motion detection, occupancy/user sensing, and intrusion/tamper detection. The Si1102 proximity sensor and the Si1120 proximity and ambient light sensor are the industry’s fastest IR sensing solutions. These Si11xx sensors use a patented single-pulse proximity measurement technique that dramatically reduces overall system power. They provide extended range under a wide variety of lighting conditions, enabling the use of lower-cost, lower-profile LEDs. By pairing Si11xx sensors with F800 MCUs, developers can design innovative touchless proximity sliders that fundamentally enhance the HMI experience through smart motion sensing. Silicon Labs’ F800 MCUs enable developers to create user-friendly interfaces that respond to touch as well as touchless gestures. The patent-pending capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC), which offers a 40-microsecond acquisition time, the high-resolution CDC provides highly responsive touch sense functions to replace mechanical buttons, sliders, and wheels. The QuickSense Studio development environment enables developers to design interfaces without creating a single line of code, simplifying the addition of HMI technology to end products. |
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