No matter how advanced a digital system has become, the real world will always be analog. That means logic systems like AI-driven edge computing must be able to integrate sensor data and other input from the outside world in an optimal manner.

In this video, onsemi’s Alessandro Maggioni, Director, Regional Marketing – Broad Market & Industrial, EMEA, explains some of the company’s solutions from its high-performance analog-front-end (AFE) portfolio. Among the demonstrations in the video are a heartbeat monitor, underscoring the importance of optimal functionality in human applications, and a vision-system lens-cleaning ultrasound solution.

onsemi’s NCV7192 signal-conditioning interface with analog or SENT output supports automotive safety applications. It can receive differential signals from the external sensing element, condition gain and offset with a configurable amplification stage, compensate for sensor nonlinearity and temperature dependency, and deliver the result as a digital SENT or ratiometric analog output signal. The NCV7192 includes failure diagnostics and internal protections against shorts, overvoltage, and reverse voltage to support Safety Applications.

The CEM102 AFE is specifically developed for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and other applications using amperometric measurements, which require sensing of very low currents. It enables further miniaturization and an increase in battery life for many end applications.

The AFE is designed to be used together with the onsemi RSL15 (Secure Bluetooth 5.2 wireless MCU), bringing several additional system-level benefits such as operating at optimized system power consumption and supply voltage.