Analog Devices' MEMS-Based Industrial Vibration Sensor Receives Prestigious Golden Mousetrap Award from Design News Magazine.ADI's ADXL001 sensor takes top honors in the Test & Measurement category as the first sensor to provide reliable system failure warning while meeting the cost criteria of industrial applications. NORWOOD, Mass. -- Analog Devices Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) is an American multinational producer of semiconductor devices. Analog specializes in ADC, DAC, MEMS, and DSP chips for consumer and industrial goods. Analog is presently designing circuits in the 65 nanometer to 3 µm process feature sizes range. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, has been recognized as the Golden Mousetrap Award Best Product Winner in the Test & Measurement category by Design News magazine for the ADXL001 iMEMS([R]) high-bandwidth industrial vibration and shock sensor. Based on Analog Devices' iMEMS Motion Signal Processing See DSP. ([R]) technology, the ADXL001 industrial vibration and shock sensor allows designers of industrial process control instruments to cost-effectively incorporate high-performance, dependable, high-bandwidth vibration monitoring into their applications via an easy-to-use sensor solution. "Our Golden Mousetrap Awards give innovators innovators people who will try new things. early innovators important figures in the farming or client community because they are the leaders in the introduction of new techniques and management systems. the recognition they justly deserve, said John Dodge, editor-in-chief, Design News. "We extend our sincerest congratulations to the winners and finalists." For more than 20 years, Design News has recognized the most significant individual and corporate technical achievements in the electronics community. The ADXL001 was chosen by a panel of editors from among from hundreds of entries, and the magazine's readers chose Analog Devices' ADXL001 sensor from among four finalists. "We are honored that Design News has recognized the ADXL001 for its ability to deliver significant cost-savings and increased productivity to industrial equipment manufacturers," said Mark Martin, vice president, Micromachined Products Division, Analog Devices. About the ADXL001 Industrial Vibration and Shock Sensor Introduced in May 2008, the ADXL001 sensor enables improved monitoring of equipment performance and reduces costly downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. due to unforeseen system failures on the factory floor. Vibration analysis is an important preventative maintenance tool in today's factory environment; however, vibration analysis has been cost-prohibitive for many industrial applications. The ADXL001--at one-third the cost of competing sensors--allows vibration monitoring to be performed continuously and cost effectively without interrupting normal equipment operation. A video demonstration of the ADXL001 is available. For more information visit http://www.analog.com/ADXL001. About Design News Design News, a Reed Business publication, is published monthly to 170,000 engineers and is the leading technical resource for design engineers, who create everything from planes, trains and automobiles to cellular phones, medical devices, and, well, just about every other product on the planet. To be successful in their jobs, our readers need information on new technologies and products. They need and want to know how new solutions compare with existing products and how and where their engineering peers are using them. In particular, they are interested in the specific trade-offs and issues that are inherent in the adoption of new technology in a design effort and how other engineers manage those trade-offs. Design News is the only engineering resource to provide this kind of highly useful, practical editorial content both in print and online. We are committed to packaging and delivering that content in a format that is both quick and intuitive for busy engineers to access, whether it's within our print publication, supplements, bi-weekly technology e-Newsletters, RSS feeds Summaries of Web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. See RSS. or our extremely popular website. About Analog Devices Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning Imagine feeding the output of a temperature sensor, which is in millivolts, to an Analog-to-digital converter to be processed. Is it possible for the Analog-to-Digital converter to process such a minute voltage amplitude? The answer is probably no. technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating over 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. used in analog and digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts Norwood is a town and census-designated place in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. As of the 2000 census, the population was 28,587. The community was named after Norwood, England. , with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker ticker An automated quotation system on which security transactions are reported after they occur on an exchange floor. Even though the newer systems are electronic and no longer actually tick, the name of the old mechanical device has stuck. "ADI" and is included in the S&P 500 Index. http://www.analog.com. iMEMS and Motion Signal Processing are registered trademarks of Analog Devices, Inc. |
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