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Sensor Platforms, Inc. Introduces the SSP1492 Sensor Signal
Processor Chip
Generic signal conditioning and processing is now available
for virtually any sensor with a minimum of external components
SANTA ROSA, CA, January 17, 2005 - Sensor Platforms, Inc.,
a Santa Rosa, CA-based designer, developer, and producer of integrated
circuits serving the sensor industry, today announced the availability
of its SSP1492 sensor signal processor, the first generation of
its proprietary Universal Smart Sensor Chip™.
The SSP1492 chip enables quick-turn sensor applications by providing
the technologies that both reduce the cost and time of application
development and improve sensor performance. George Hsu, President
and Chief Executive Officer stated, "The lack of a standard
sensor application development environment has significantly restrained
growth in the sensor industry. We empower our customers and make
them more successful by leveraging our core competencies in processing
circuitry, firmware and algorithms for sensor signal conditioning
and signal processing to provide them with the products that they
need to reduce their time-to-market."
Sensor types supported by the SSP1492 include: pulse, voltage,
current, inductive, capacitive and resistive sensors. The device
core consists of a high-speed pipelined 8051 processor running
at over 14 MIPS integrated with math engines and a frequency mode
data converter that has scalable dynamic range, accuracy and speed.
Maximum resolution is virtually infinite with native resolution
of internal registers at 16-bits and default ROM containing routines
for 32-bit sensor measurements as part of the on-chip firmware.
Devices are available as 4-millimeter square bare die or in 80-pin
land grid array (LGA) and micro leadframe packages (MLP). Evaluation
kits are also available with a USB interface, serial EEPROM burner,
and development/system analysis tools. The end user supplies the
sensor and as few as three external passive components to create
a smart sensor solution within a few hours for quick evaluation.
About Sensors Platforms
Sensor Platforms is dedicated to being the world’s leading
enabler of sensor applications, providing low cost, high performance,
“system-on-a-chip” integrated circuits (“ICs”)
that:
- Directly interface with most sensor elements;
- Eliminate the cost, time, and risk associated
with development of the sensor interfaces;
- Dramatically decrease unit costs of sensor
application solutions; and
- Enhance sensor performance
Sensor Platforms’ proprietary Universal Smart Sensor Chip™
is the only IC that can directly interface with and drive most
types of sensor elements, including pulse, voltage, current, inductive,
capacitive, and resistive - providing the lowest cost and
highest performance available for a sensor solution. Sensor Platforms
is located at 1550 Airport Blvd., Suite 220, Santa Rosa, CA 95403.
The website is located at: www.sensorplatforms.com.
EDITORS NOTE: Please refer to the Sensor Platforms’ website
www.sensorplatforms.com
for more information.
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