The Best Smart Smoke Alarms—and Why You Still Need at Least One Dumb Alarm

Every smart smoke alarm I’ve tested has one potentially fatal flaw, trading fewer nuisance alarms for a risky sensor strategy ...
Chicago Tribune

How to choose a smoke detector

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 300,000 residential fires cause nearly 2,600 deaths and 11,000 injuries every year. Almost two-thirds of all fire-related deaths ...
EDN

Programmable ionization smoke detector ASIC

The RE46C180 is a CMOS programmable ionization smoke detector ASIC with interconnect, timer mode and alarm memory. This device will provide all the required features for an ionization type smoke ...
WCPO Cincinnati

This is why your smoke detector might not sound in the event of a fire

Not all smoke detectors are equal, and the type of smoke detector installed in many homes might not sound off in all fires. Smoke alarm manufacturers sell alarms with two types of technology.
WXIX-TV

Ionization vs. photoelectric smoke detectors: What's the difference?

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - By: University of Cincinnati Journalism Department student Jamie Gregory. University of Cincinnati Electronic Media Division student William Wolkoff contributed. A 2013 city ...
EDN

Ionization Smoke-Detector IC

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the RE46C180—the world’s first ionization smoke-detector IC with programmable calibration and ...