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Enabling New Levels of Performance and Safety in Magnetic Sensors with xMR

October 03, 2022

P0224: This article compares Hall-effect and magnetoresistance sensor technologies and discusses solutions to leverage these to minimize tradeoffs and meet the requirements of the most advanced emerging automotive and industrial automation applications.

Enhancing Smart Home Security with 3D Magnetic Sensors

February 10, 2022

P0173 - As consumers find new ways to outfit their living spaces with simple-to-use smart home and Internet of Things (IoT) products, they may be unaware of certain vulnerabilities and security features.

Output Protocols for Angle and Linear Position Sensors

AN296191 - This application note describes working principles, lists advantages and limitations, outlines communication rates/delays, and defines error reporting tactics for digital and analog protocols used in angle and linear position sensing.

Linear Hall-Effect Sensor ICs

AN27702 - Linear sensor ICs are designed to respond to a wide range of positive or negative magnetic fields. Critical to the performance of linear ICs is their sensitivity and linearity over their specified operating temperature range.

Angle Error Correction with the A33230

This application note describes the mathematics to convert the analog sine/cosine outputs of the A33230 into an angular position.

Enhancements to Slide-By Detection with Linear Sensors

AN296200 - This application note presents a modified solution to magnetic sensing in long stroke applications. Through the incorporation of a microcontroller, a lower cost solution can be realized with fewer linear sensors than previously existing arc tangent solutions.

Achieving Fast SENT Message Response with A1346 Linear Hall-Effect Sensor ICs on Shared Bus 

AN296131 - In safety-critical magnetic sensing applications, such as torque sensing in electronic power steering (EPS) modules, redundant sensors are often the approach used to achieve desired performance while maintaining strict safety requirements.

Joystick with Allegro Position Sensor IC

Joysticks are widely used human-machine interfaces (HMI) that simultaneously report information on direction and amplitude. This document explains how to implement a 2D or 3D magnetic sensor to obtain a joystick with well-defined behavior.

Using the SENT Communications Output Protocol with A1341 and A1343 Devices

AN296108 - This application note provides a description of the Allegro implementation of the SENT protocol, which includes extensions developed by Allegro to enhance the information carrying dimensions of the output from the Allegro sensor IC to the vehicle electronic control units (ECU).

Non-Contact Based Controller Solutions

AN296227 - Implementing controller functions through non-contact solutions provides both performance and reliability advantages over typical contact-based input methods.

Guidelines for Using Allegro Angular Sensors

Many applications in different industries, such as in industrial automation and automotive sensors and actuators, require monitoring the angle of a rotating shaft either in an on-axis or off-axis arrangement. This application note is dedicated to a review of on-axis magnetic applications.

Calculating Temperature Compensation Using A1342 Linear Hall-Effect Sensor ICs

AN296121 - This application note provides information on how to use A1342 customer-adjustable compensation parameters to reduce systems errors as a result of ambient temperature changes.

Linearization and Two-Point Programming on the A31100 and A31102

AN296213 - This application note highlights the procedure for calculating the magnetic field compensation parameters through two-point programming and calculating the linearization coefficients using our available software tools with the intention of providing an easy-to-use guide to programming ...

Position and Level Sensing Using Hall-Effect Sensing Technology

This paper introduces Hall-effect technology, then explores how it has been applied, in particular, differentiating between the primary types of Hall sensor ICs and the highly differentiated range of sensing behaviors they can support.

Omnipolar Switch Hall-Effect IC Basics

There are four general categories of Hall-effect IC devices that provide a digital output: unipolar switches, bipolar switches, omnipolar switches, and latches. Omnipolar switches are described in this application note.