Abstract: A fluid reservoir (100) includes a circuit (105) extending in the fluid reservoir to be at least partially in contact with fluid (120) inside the fluid reservoir during use, at least a first impedance sensor (110) and second impedance sensor (115) coupled to the circuit, wherein the at least first and second impedance sensors are to output impedance values indicative of a degree of particle separation in the fluid.

Abstract: A fluidic die that includes at least one temperature sensor coupled to at least one zone of the fluidic die, a setpoint register to receive a target temperature setpoint for the fluidic die wherein a detected temperature presented by the at least one temperature sensor is compared to the target temperature setpoint using a comparator module to get a firing pulse adjustment value, and a firing pulse used to convey an amount of fluid within the die is adjusted using the firing pulse adjustment value.

Abstract: In various examples, a fluid ejection die, or a device such as a printhead or printbar on which the fluid ejection device is installed, may include a sensor that detects mechanical force imposed by a system in which the fluid ejection die is installed. There also may be memory, as well as a logic operably coupled with the sensor and the memory. The logic may extract information from a signal raised by the sensor and store the information in the memory. The information may have been encoded into the signal via mechanical interaction between a component of the system and the sensor. The mechanical interaction may have been modulated by the system to encode the information.

Abstract: A print material level sensor has a power node to receive electrical power and a series of print material level sensing devices to receive electrical power from the power node. The print material level sensing devices are disposed at intervals to detect presence of a print material at successive depth zones in a container, wherein each print material level sensing device includes a heater to emit heat at its depth zone and a sensor to sense heat at the depth zone. The sensor has control circuitry to turn on the heater of a first print material level sensing device at a first depth zone for a first time duration during the sensing of the first depth zone and to turn on the heater of a second print material level sensing device at a second depth zone, further from the power node than the first depth zone, for a second time duration longer than the first time duration during the sensing of the second depth zone.

Abstract: A print material level sensor has a series of print material level sensing devices disposed at intervals to detect presence of a print material at successive depth zones in a container. Each print material level sensing device includes a heater to emit heat at its depth zone and a sensor to sense heat at the depth zone and to output a signal based on the heat sensed. The sensor has control circuitry to enable supply of electrical power to a heater of a first print material level sensing device in a first depth zone and to receive the signal from the sensor of the first print material level sensing device, the control circuitry including a comparator to compare a value of the signal to a target value, wherein the control circuitry stops enabling supply of the electrical power to the heater when the value of the signal is at least equal to the target value.

Abstract: A fire pulse control circuit for a fluidic die includes input logic to receive a series of zone temperatures, each corresponding to a different zone of the fluidic die, each zone having a corresponding fire pulse having a width corresponding to a pulse temperature, the width adjustable from a minimum width corresponding to a maximum pulse temperature to a maximum width corresponding to a minimum pulse temperature. For each zone temperature, adjustment logic outputs a zone adjustment signal to decrease the fire pulse width of the corresponding zone if the zone temperature is greater than the pulse temperature and the pulse temperature is less than the maximum pulse temperature, and outputs a zone adjustment signal to increase the fire pulse width of the corresponding zone if the zone temperature is less than the pulse temperature and the pulse temperature is greater than the minimum pulse temperature.

Abstract: A temperature monitoring circuit for a fluidic die, the temperature monitoring circuit including input logic to receive a series of zone temperature values, each zone temperature value corresponding to a different zone of the fluidic die, and evaluation logic. For each zone temperature value, the evaluation logic to replace a current minimum temperature value with the zone temperature value if the zone temperature value is less than the current minimum temperature value, and to replace a current maximum temperature value with the zone temperature value if the zone temperature value is greater than the current maximum temperature value.

Abstract: In some examples, a fluid dispensing device includes a plurality of fluidic actuators, activate data storage elements, and sense measurement storage elements. The fluid dispensing device includes a decoder to detect, based on a first activate indicator of the activate indicators, that a first fluidic actuator is to be activated, detect, based on a first sense measurement indicator of the sense measurement indicators that a sense measurement is to be performed on the first fluidic actuator, and in response to detecting that the first fluidic actuator is to be activated and the sense measurement is to be performed on the first fluidic actuator, suppress activation of the first fluidic actuator at a first time, and activate the first fluidic actuator at a second time corresponding to a sense measurement interval to perform the sense measurement of the first fluidic actuator.

Abstract: A print material level sensor comprises a series of print material level sensing devices disposed at intervals to detect presence of a print material at successive depth zones in a container, wherein each print material level sensing device includes a heater to emit heat at its depth zone and a sensor to sense heat at the depth zone and to output a signal based on the heat sensed. The sensor has control circuitry to, for each print material level sensing device to be calibrated, turn on the heater for an initial time duration set by an initial heat count and iteratively adjust the time duration for which the heater is turned on in accordance with an adjusted heat count, until the signal output from the sensor indicates that a target value has been reached in that depth zone.

Abstract: In some examples, a fluid dispensing device includes a plurality of fluidic actuators and a decoder to detect that a first fluidic actuator is to be activated, and detect that a sense measurement is to be performed. In response to detecting that the first fluidic actuator is to be activated and the sense measurement is to be performed, the decoder is to suppress activation of the first fluidic actuator at a first time, and activate the first fluidic actuator at a second time corresponding to a sense measurement interval to perform the sense measurement of the first fluidic actuator.

Abstract: In some examples, a fluidic die includes a plurality of fluid actuators, an actuation data register to store actuation data that indicates each fluid actuator of the plurality of fluid actuators to actuate, and a plurality of mask registers to store respective different mask data patterns, each mask data pattern of the different mask data patterns indicating a respective set of fluid actuators of the plurality of fluid actuators enabled for actuation for a respective actuation event.

Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fluidic die is described. The fluidic die includes a number of zones. Each zone includes a number of sets of fluidic devices. Each fluidic device includes a fluid chamber and a fluid actuator disposed in the chamber. Each fluidic device also includes a sensor to sense a characteristic of the zone and an adjustment device. The adjustment device 1) delays a firing signal received from a previous zone as it passes by each set of fluidic devices and 2) adjusts the firing signal as it enters the zone based on a sensed characteristic.

Abstract: One example provides a fluidic die including a nozzle layer disposed on a substrate, the nozzle layer having an upper surface opposite the substrate and including a plurality of nozzles formed therein, each nozzle including a fluid chamber and a nozzle orifice extending through the nozzle layer from the upper surface to the fluid chamber. A conductive trace is exposed to the upper surface of the nozzle layer and extends proximate to a portion of the nozzle orifices, an impedance of the conductive trace indicative of a surface condition of the upper surface of the nozzle layer.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to current leakage testing of a fluid ejection die. For example, a fluid ejection die may include plurality of nozzles, each nozzle among the plurality of nozzles including a nozzle sensor and a fluid ejector. The plurality of nozzle sensors may comprise a first subset and a second subset, each nozzle sensor among the plurality of nozzle sensors of the first subset may be electrically coupled to a first control line by a respective switch among a first group of switches, and each nozzle sensor among the plurality of nozzle sensors of the second subset may be electrically coupled to a second control line by a respective switch among a second group of switches. The fluid ejection die may include a control circuit to perform a current leakage test of the plurality of nozzles using the first control line and the second control line.

Abstract: In some examples, a fluid dispensing device includes a plurality of fluidic actuators and a decoder. The decoder is to detect that an activated sense measurement is to be performed for a first fluidic actuator of the plurality of fluidic actuators in a first time group comprising a plurality of activation intervals for respective fluidic actuators. In response to detecting that the activated sense measurement is to be performed for the first fluidic actuator in the first time group, the decoder activates the first fluidic actuator in the first time group to perform the activated sense measurement for the first fluidic actuator, and suppresses an activation pulse to the first fluidic actuator in a second time group that follows the first time group to perform a reference measurement for the first fluidic actuator in the second time group, the second time group comprising a plurality of activation intervals for respective fluidic actuators.

Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fluidic die is described. The fluidic die includes a number of zones. Each zone includes a number of sets, each set including a number of fluidic devices. Each fluidic device includes a fluid chamber and a fluid actuator disposed in the chamber. Each fluidic device also includes a sensor to sense a characteristic of the zone and a register to hold an adjustment value that indicates how much to adjust a firing signal in the zone. A delay device per set delays the firing signal at a corresponding set. An adjustment device per set generates an adjusted firing signal based on the adjustment value, a delayed firing signal corresponding to the set, and at least one delayed firing signal received from another set. The delayed firing signals from different sets are time shifted relative to one another.

Abstract: Examples of a fluidic die for thermal zone selection with a sequencer and decoders are described herein. In some examples, the fluidic die includes multiple thermal zones. Each thermal zone includes a temperature sensor, a fluidic actuator and a decoder. The fluidic die also includes shared thermal control circuitry to process an output of the temperature sensor in a selected thermal zone. The fluidic die further includes a sequencer to output a sequence state to select one thermal zone at a time for processing by the shared thermal control circuitry. The decoder of the selected thermal zone decodes the sequence state.

Abstract: Examples of a fluidic die for thermal zone selection with a circular shift register are described herein. In some examples, the fluidic die includes multiple thermal zones. Each thermal zone includes a temperature sensor and a fluidic actuator. The fluidic die also includes shared thermal control circuitry to process an output of the temperature sensor of a selected thermal zone. The fluidic die further includes a circular shift register that includes multiple memory elements. Each memory element is associated with one thermal zone. A token circulates within the circular shift register to select one thermal zone at a time for processing by the shared thermal control circuitry.

Abstract: Examples of a fluidic die for temperature sensing are described herein. In some examples, a fluidic die may include a plurality of thermal sense modules. In some examples, each of the thermal sense modules includes a diode connected between a first switch and a second switch. In some examples, the fluidic die includes a differential amplifier to output a temperature voltage signal. In some examples, a first input of the differential amplifier is connected to the first switch of each of the thermal sense modules and a second input of the differential amplifier is connected to the second switch of each of the thermal sense modules.

Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a device support to receive a fluid dispensing device, and a controller to identify, based on data controlling activation of fluidic actuators, a fluidic actuator that is to be activated in a first activation cycle of a group of activation cycles that correspond to activation intervals of respective fluidic actuators of a group of fluidic actuators of the fluid dispensing device, the identified fluidic actuator being part of the group of fluidic actuators. To perform a sense measurement for the identified fluidic actuator, the controller suppresses activation of the identified fluidic actuator in the first activation cycle, and causes activation of the identified fluidic actuator in a sense measurement cycle different from the first activation cycle, the sense measurement cycle being part of the group of activation cycles.