Online Sensor Design Tool Enables Engineers to Move from Concept to Simulation to Prototype in a Few Keystrokes
"The WEBENCH Sensor Designer tool stood out among its peers for its promise to reduce design time and cost by configuring sensor signal path solutions with just a few strokes of a mouse," said
"Until now, designers have had to consume valuable development time matching sensor characteristics and performance with an op amp's DC performance and an A/D converter's resolution and accuracy, and then additional time for circuit evaluation and prototyping," said
About WEBENCH Sensor Designer
WEBENCH Sensor Designer is the industry's first online sensor design tool that enables engineers to quickly move from concept to simulation to prototyping of common sensor solutions used in medical, industrial and high-end consumer products. The tool supports a range of sensor types, including bridge sensors, pressure, load cells, photodiode, thermocouple and IC temperature sensors. With approximately 150 advanced sensors available from leading suppliers like Advanced Photonix, AllSensors, GE Sensing and Inspection Technologies, Measurement Specialties, Tempco and UniSense, highly accurate designs can be delivered very quickly.
WEBENCH Sensor Designer provides a complete sensor-to-digital serial output solution that includes the sensor interface, excitation source, precision amplifier and filter, 8-bit through 16-bit ADCs, and a serialized output to connect to various back-end systems. The tool automatically generates a design schematic, bill of materials (BOM) and performance summary, with detailed error analysis, and presents this information on-screen in a matter of seconds.
WEBENCH Sensor Designer also allows engineers to modify signal path performance parameters to get the performance they require. The tool then provides a link to "Build-It" boards -- specific evaluation kits with products the designer selected -- that designers can assemble to quickly move into the prototype stage. To begin a design with the WEBENCH Sensor Designer tool, go to www.national.com/sensors.
About National's WEBENCH Design Environment
National's WEBENCH environment eliminates the need for a design engineer to perform tedious hand calculations and includes extensive online tutorials in analog design. The tools offer instant access to the latest SPICE models, parametric data and package information, enabling designers to simultaneously compare the performance of multiple devices in multiple circuit requirements. National's products in the WEBENCH environment ship within 24 hours worldwide.
About National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor creates energy-efficient analog and mixed-signal semiconductors. Its PowerWise(R) products enable systems that consume less power, extend battery life and generate less heat. Headquartered in
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