Texas Instruments recently unveiled the DRV421 magnetic sensing IC with a fully integrated fluxgate sensor and compensation coil driver. It includes all the required signal conditioning circuitry.
Compared to traditional Hall effect sensors, the DRV421 provides high sensor accuracy and linearity, high dynamic range, and simpler system design. With it, you can easily design magnetic closed-loop current sensors for a variety of applications (e.g., motor control, renewable energy, battery chargers and power monitoring).
The $49 DRV421 evaluation module (DRV421EVM) makes it easy to evaluate the new current sensing IC’s features and performance. The DRV421 comes in a 4 mm- × 4 mm QFN package. Pre-production samples are available now. Production quantities will be available in Q3 2015 for 2.50 in 1,000-unit quantities.
Source: Texas Instruments
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