Interlink Electronics, Inc. Announces Industry-standard 4-Series Carbon Monoxide Sensors at CES 2025
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Interlink Electronics (NASDAQ: LINK) has announced the launch of its new 140-101 '4-series' Carbon Monoxide (CO) sensor at CES 2025. The sensor features an industry-standard packaging footprint and joins the company's existing portfolio of electrochemical gas sensors. The 140-101 sensor is designed for various applications, including indoor CO monitoring, early wildfire detection, and health and wellness applications.
The new sensor maintains Interlink's advantages of high performance, small size, and cost competitiveness while offering enhanced robustness and compatibility with industry-standard packaging. The company is showcasing this technology at Booth 50718 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas from January 7-10, 2025.
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- Introduction of new 140-101 '4-series' CO sensor with industry-standard packaging
- Product maintains competitive advantages while offering enhanced compatibility
- Expansion of market reach through standardized footprint design
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Insights
The launch of the 140-101 "4-series" Carbon Monoxide sensor represents an incremental product expansion rather than a breakthrough innovation. While the new sensor adopts an industry-standard form factor, which could help capture market share from established competitors, several factors temper its immediate impact:
The global CO sensor market, valued at approximately
For investors, this product launch alone is unlikely to materially impact LINK's financial performance in the near term. While the standardized format could help win some design-ins, the lengthy qualification cycles in safety-critical applications and established competitor relationships mean revenue impact would likely be gradual.
The technical significance of this announcement lies in Interlink successfully adapting their printed electrochemical sensing technology to fit the industry-standard 4-series package format. This achievement demonstrates manufacturing capability advancement, as printed sensors typically face challenges in matching traditional form factors while maintaining performance.
In simpler terms - imagine trying to fit a modern smartphone's technology into an old flip phone case while keeping all the advanced features. That's essentially what Interlink has accomplished with their CO sensor technology.
However, the product appears to be playing catch-up rather than leading innovation. The 4-series format has been an industry standard for years and while Interlink claims cost and size advantages, these benefits were already present in their existing 110-1xx family. The primary innovation here is packaging compatibility rather than core technology advancement.
The Company will also showcase other cutting-edge advancements in electrochemical gas sensing
These sensors will be on display at Booth 50718 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in
"Our team has successfully preserved Interlink's proven advantages of high performance, small size, and cost competitiveness of our existing 110-1xx family of electrochemical CO sensors and enhanced the robustness and compatibility with industry-standard packaging with this new family. It is a breakthrough for printed EC sensors to be available in a 4-series package," said Dr. Sreeni Rao, Vice President of Product Management at Interlink Electronics. "This solution offers a compelling advantage to system integrators who are comfortable with the well-known 4-series package and need to use that footprint for ease of product development."
"Developing these sensors was a crucial step in our mission to serve the gas and environmental sensing customers," added Steven N. Bronson, CEO and President of Interlink Electronics. "Our printed electrochemical sensing technology has revolutionized gas sensing, and the availability of our portfolio of products in industry standard 4-series footprint is sure to further our leadership position as well as our ability to broaden customer reach."
About Interlink Electronics, Inc.
Interlink Electronics is a leading provider of sensors and printed electronic solutions, boasting 40 years of success in delivering mission-critical technologies across diverse markets. Our broad product and technology portfolio encompasses force, piezo-electric, rugged HMI, wearable sensors for textiles and fabrics, gas sensors, instruments, and systems. Our blue-chip customers trust our products and solutions which span various markets, including industrial, medical, automotive, consumer, wearables, and IoT. Our technical and engineering expertise in materials science, manufacturing, embedded electronics, firmware, and software enables us to create and deliver high-quality, cost-effective custom solutions tailored to our customers' unique requirements. (www.interlinkelectronics.com).
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Steven N. Bronson, CEO
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