CALGARY, Alberta, May 21, 2008 ― Phidgets released the 1125 Humidity/Temperature Sensor on a single small board; it gives relative humidity from 10 to 95% and can detect ambient temperatures from –40 to +100 degrees Celsius.
Product Specifications
Humidity Sensor
- Current Consumption: 3.6mA
- Output Impedance : 1K ohms
- Accuracy: ±2% RH @ 55% RH
- Accuracy over 10% to 95% RH: ±3% Typical, ±5% Maximum
- Reaction Time for humidity: 10 seconds
- Minimum / Maximum Voltage: 4.75VDC - 5.25VDC
- Operating temperature range: -40C to 100CTemperature Sensor
- Current Consumption:300uA
- Output Impedance: 1K ohms
- Accuracy: 1ºC
- Minimum/Maximum Voltage: 4.75VDC - 5.25VDC
- Range of Operation: -50ºC to +150ºC“Most of our users tend to use the Humidity sensor in combination with a temperature sensor, so it made a lot of sense to put them both on the same board,” says Chester Fitchett, CEO of Phidgets.
Software Environment
Users can program Phidgets using a simple yet powerful and well documented Application Programming Interfade (API) that is supported under Windows (2000, XP, Vista), Windows CE, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Users can write programs in Visual Basic, VB.NET, C#, C/C++, Flash/Flex, Java, Labview, Matlab, ActionScript 3.0, and Cocoa.
Phidgets also provides programming examples for all its products to help programmers write their own programs.
The API Libraries as well as the examples and the documentation are available at no charge on the company’s website.
Pricing and Availability
The 1125 Humidity/Temperature Sensor is available now.
The suggested resale price is $50.00 Canadian.
About Phidgets
Phidgets, Inc. is a technology leader in the design and manufacture of low-cost control and sensing modules connected to personal computers through the USB port.
Phidgets products are ideally suited for fast prototyping.
The privately held company is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
