It is high time for IR sensor 2.0 – driven by the IoT

The IR sensor is a crucial component in many everyday products, ranging from medical equipment to mobile phones. But the technology is 50 years old and in serious need of an upgrade. The next generation IR sensor 2.0 for IoT will be much thinner than old sensors and cheaper to manufacture. Today's manufacturing industry is highly dependent on sensors. Whether it is heavy industrial products or smaller consumer products – they are all more or less dependent on well-functioning sensors that control levels, presence, temperatures and pressures. Even in medical technology, sensors are used, for example, to measure EEG and ECG, to name only two areas of use. The extensive spread of the IR sensor began in the 1950’s when industries expanded in size and gained a greater degree of automation. In this process, the sensor came to play a major role in the development of the manufacturing industry, and so it does still today with the same principle.