Development of World’s Smallest 6-Axis Sensor by EPSON TOYOCOM
Motion tracking system for motion tracking of hand, person or other object is considered to be one the core technologies for next generation applications in various fields, requiring sensors with a wide dynamic range of control for detecting wide range of motion from low speed to high speed. One of the companies in Japan that has been developing sensor products is Epson Toyocom Corporation. The company made an announcement on development of the world’s smallest single package 6-axis sensor. Read more
Development of New Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator by Epson Toyocom
Epson Toyocom made an announcement on development of new TCXO (Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator) with an OCXO (oven-controlled crystal oscillator) class frequency/temperature coefficient of ±0.1 × 10-6, helping the network equipment manufacturers with their power and space saving requirements. The new TCXO has been designed to satisfy the high accuracy requirements for frequency/temperature coefficient of ±0.1 × 10-6 or better for reference clocks which are used in ultra-compact cellular base stations for home as well as office use. Read more
Commercial development of Tuning Fork Crystal for Automotive Application by Epson Toyocom
Epson Toyocom Corporation has made an announcement today on commercial development of FC-13A which is a tuning-fork crystal featuring operating capability at temperature of around 125 degrees Celsius targeted at automotive applications. The output frequency of FC-13A is 32.768 kHz and it only measures 3.2 x 1.5 mm with a maximum thickness of 0.9 mm with operating temperature range of -40 to 125 degrees Celsius. The unit is considered as the core component in sub-clocks and time management function. Read more
World’s smallest 32.678kHz Crystal Oscillator
Epson Toyocom Corporation leader in crystal devices has unveiled the world’s smallest 32.768-kHz crystal oscillator. The dimension of the SG-3050BC is 2.2 x 1.4 x 1mm with a 70 percent smaller footprint and 75% smaller cubic volume than its predecessor helping electronic manufacturer in further reducing their products’ size while increasing their performance. The 32.768kHz crystal devices are indispensable as clocks, microcontroller sub-clocks and timer functions in a variety of applications such as compact portable consumer products such like cell phones and digital still cameras. Read more
Tiny Clock module by Epson Toyocom
RX-4571BD and RX-8571BD are probably the world’s smallest real time clock modules with built in crystal unit measuring only 3.4mm x 1.7mm x 1t mm in size. The real time clock modules traditionally help the manufacturer of electronic equipments with further miniaturization of their products and at the same time increasing their performance. The crystal chip in RX-4571BD and RX-8571BD is ultra-compact QMEMS. Read more
