ScioSense introduces new indoor air quality sensor

     ScioSense has announced the introduction of its new indoor air quality sensor, ENS160, which uses a sophisticated sensor fusion algorithm to calculate measurement output for more natural air purification than any other sensor on the market.

     ScioSense, a manufacturer of integrated environmental and flow sensors, used four separate, highly integrated MEMS micro-heating substrates to create a new multi-channel sensing architecture for its next-generation air quality sensors, and developed a multi-sensor fusion technology that fuses signals from each sensing element while compensating for humidity effects.

     This new technology is based on the industry's leading automatic baseline correction function, which automatically resets the air quality threshold to ensure that ENS160 can reliably detect indoor air pollution levels and odor changes, no matter where you are. The innovative multi-sensor fusion algorithm further improves the output accuracy of equivalent carbon dioxide (eCO2), which accurately detects carbon dioxide (CO2) exhaled by the human body, as well as a range of polluting or odorous gases produced by other activities.

     With the unique advanced features of ENS160, the air quality indicators of air purification systems using the product more closely reflect the impact of pollutants and odors in the air on the occupants of indoor Spaces. Systems such as ENS160-based air purifiers, on-demand ventilation systems, range hoods and smart home hubs allow for more accurate monitoring of indoor air. Users can enjoy clean and fresh air at any time, while avoiding the operation of air purification equipment under unnecessary conditions, eliminating the waste of funds and energy.

     The new micro-heating substrate design and intelligent operation control mode also have strong resistance to siloxane pollution, ensuring a long operating life in any residential, commercial, professional indoor or vehicle cabin environment.

     Dirk Enderlein, CEO of ScioSense, said: "When ventilation or air purification equipment stops operating because air quality monitoring systems fail to detect human body odour, or because the air quality baseline is set too high, it can have real effects on the occupants of indoor Spaces, such as potentially depriving school children of their ability to concentrate on their studies and putting people at risk of long-term harm from pollution. And make our living Spaces less suitable for work or leisure. ENS160 provides a unique combination of high broadband gas sensitivity and smart selectivity, enabling ventilation and air purification systems to be used in the right way at the right time to improve people's quality of life indoors."

     The ENS160 can also provide raw gas measurements to Oems capable of developing proprietary algorithms. In addition, the ENS160 reduces the warm-up time for first use and the start-up time after each boot, making the ENS160 the fastest responsive air quality sensor on the market, ideal for systems that require fast response and superior user experience. Available in a surface-mount package and measuring just 3 mm x 3 mm x 0.9 mm, the sensor is the smallest fully integrated, programmable air quality sensor on the market today, suitable for integration into highly space-constrained designs such as consumer products.

     The ENS160 provides measurement output values to the host controller via a serial peripheral or I2C interface. Since all measurement algorithms of the sensor run on-chip, no additional processing is required on the host computer. ScioSense also offers an analog output version of the VOC gas sensor ENS145. This version is based on the same micro-heating plate technology as the ENS160 and is suitable for distributed system design; The central control host fully controls the measured output values obtained from the ENS145 gas sensor input.

     CJ Deng, Vice President of Global Marketing at ScioSense, added: "ScioSense gas sensor series products, with its excellent performance and stable and reliable performance, has been widely used by a number of well-known car manufacturers and smart home leading manufacturers around the world, our customer base includes the three major German car manufacturers and a number of well-known European air purifier brand manufacturers. The introduction of ENS160 provides customers with a more accurate and easy-to-use air quality sensor, and the strong technical support service team in China will assist customers to better monitor local air quality through algorithm optimization and other ways according to customer needs."