In advance of the Sensors Converge event being held in San Jose, California, June 27-29, Renesas Electronics announced a new family of relative humidity and temperature sensors and related solutions.
The announcement comes as a Zion Market Research study observed that the global IoT sensors market is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 27.9%, reaching an estimated $27.9 billion by the year 2028.
The new relative humidity and temperature sensors provide high accuracy, fast measurement response time, and ultra-low power consumption in a small package size to support deployment in portable devices or products designed for harsh environments. Key features of the new sensors include:
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Very low current consumption: 0.3µA average for 8-bit resolution with a 3.3V supply
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Ultra-low sleep current: 0.010 µA
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Small 2.5 × 2.5 × 0.9 mm DFN-style 8-LGA package
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Highly accurate relative humidity sensing of ± 1.5% RH
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Temperature sensor accuracy of ±0.2°C typical
Renesas also introduced the ZSSC3281 sensor signal conditioning (SSC) integrated circuit for highly accurate amplification, digitization, and sensor-specific correction of sensor signals.
The sensor design process is supported by the Renesas Quick-Connect IoT system, which consists of standardized boards and interfaces, enabling designers to quickly and easily connect a wide range of sensors to MCU/MPU development boards. The new system also delivers core software building blocks that are portable between boards, greatly reducing coding requirements. Instead of writing and testing hundreds of lines of driver code, designers only need to graphically select their sensor and write a few lines of code, Renesas said.
“Sensing solutions are a critical element in IoT systems, and present numerous design challenges during system integration that can slow development and impact overall system performance,” said DK Singh, Senior Director of the Systems and Solutions Team at Renesas. “The combination of our sensor technology, signal conditioning expertise, and system solution mindset enables us to deliver customers a design platform that is unmatched by any competitor.”
Meanwhile, during the Embedded World event in Nuremburg, Germany, June 21-23, embedded systems company SolidRun announced a partnership with Renesas, and launched the first system-on-module (SoM) based on the Renesas’ RZ/G2LC system-on-a-chip. The SoMs are aimed at AI-enhanced human-machine interface (HMI) applications, industrial and building automation, smart video surveillance and IoT solutions. Targeted devices include intercoms, video doorbells, network cameras, handheld POS systems, and more.
These modules feature:
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64-Bit Cortex-A55 apps processor cores that are 20% faster than A53 cores
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Mali-G31 3D GPU for fast image processing and AI inference execution processing
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H.264 Hardware CODEC
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embedded camera and display interfaces
Also at Embedded World, Renesas announced a new family of Bluetooth Low Energy SoCs for IoT connectivity needs. Renesas will present live demos of its new products and integrated sensor solutions in Booth 323 at Sensors Converge.