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 ...

BARRE, Vt. -- When a fire killed a mother and four children here in 2005, there was something peculiar: As firetrucks arrived, the apartment was full of smoke and had a working smoke detector, but it ...

Ionization smoke alarms use a battery and two metal plates, called electrodes, to create an electrical circuit. Ions are tiny, electrically charged particles that flow through the circuit and between ...