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News Release from: Avago Technologies | Subject: ADJD-S312-CR999
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 27 November 2006
Colour sensor saves space and power
Avago Technologies has introduced the industry's smallest red, green and blue (RGB) digital colour sensor for use in a variety of portable electronic applications.
Avago Technologies has introduced the industry's smallest red, green and blue (RGB) digital colour sensor for use in a variety of portable electronic applications Avago's new ADJD-S312-CR999 colour sensor is so small at 3 x 3 mm that 16 of them can fit on one key of a typical computer keyboard
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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This compact package paves the way for designers to develop smaller portable electronic devices that require colour detection and measurement capabilities.
Avago's ADJD-S312-CR999 offers excellent performance in a wide variety of colour sensing applications where it can be used in conjunction with a white LED for reflective colour measurement.
Typical applications include portable electronic laboratory instruments, industrial test equipment, and portable colour readers.
The small size also makes this colour sensor an ideal choice for use in portable consumer devices such as mobile phones, PDAs and handheld games.
The ADJD-S312-CR999 colour sensor provides all the necessary circuitry to directly interface with a microcontroller using a conventional two-wire serial interface.
Its 3 x 3 x 0.77mm lead-free chip-scale package is 55% the size and 50% the thickness of the closest competitor.
Moreover, the sensor operates from a 2.6V supply voltage, providing significantly lower power consumption for portable devices.
To make it even easier to evaluate and design-in the colour sensor, Avago also offers a complete "plug and play" development kit that interfaces to a personal computer through a USB port.
Avago was the first company to offer a digital-output colour sensor combining higher integration, ease of use, smaller size and lower power consumption.
The ADJD-S312-CR999 product retains all of these features in a remarkably small chip-scale footprint and is supported with Avago's "all in one box" development kit to reduce design cycle time. Request a free brochure from Avago Technologies ...
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