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Troubleshooting the Type of Pressure Measurement for your Application
1/23/2013
Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensors have changed the way that system designers and application engineers measure pressure. The simplicity of use, small size, low cost and ruggedness allow these sensors...
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How Force Sensors Are Saving Lives
5/23/2012
To perform heart massage safely and effectively, it is necessary to find the right point on the breastbone and to start with exactly the right amount of force. This tightrope between saving a life and causing further...
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Performance Diagnosis And Training The Human Hand With Sensor Technology
5/23/2012
With the HFD200 hand and finger dynamometer, the doctor has available a diagnosis and rehabilitation system for the human hand, which measures the forces used to bend and stretch the hand and the individual fingers,...
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Learn the Benefits of Strain Gauge Technology in OEM Medical Devices and Equipment
1/6/2012
Custom strain gauge sensing technology enhances patient experiences in everything from robotic surgical systems to mammography machines.
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Gas Concentration Measurement With Thermal Flow Sensors
11/15/2011
Several different sensor solutions exist to measure gas concentrations by means of spectroscopy, electrochemical reactions, thermal conductivity, ultrasonic waves and other methods. In such cases where gas flow and...
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Design Considerations for Pressure Sensing Integration
12/7/2010
Where required, a growing number of OEM’s are opting to incorporate MEMS-based pressure sensing components into portable device and equipment designs, as a means of ensuring reliability, safety and quality. The...
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Minimizing Warm-up Drift in a Basic Pressure Sensor
12/7/2010
Often times there is little concern over warm-up drift in a pressure sensor since the application can either zero out the inherent drift of the sensor after the system has...
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New Touch-Screen Controllers Offer Robust Sensing for Portable Displays
10/25/2010
Touch-screen displays that sense the occurrence and location of a physical touch on the display area are increasingly being used to replace mechanical buttons in a variety of devices, including smartphones, MP3 players...
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Full-Featured Pedometer Design Realized with 3-Axis Digital Accelerometer
10/25/2010
Pedometers, now popular as an everyday exercise progress monitor and motivator, can encourage individuals to compete with themselves in getting fit and losing weight. Early designs used a weighted mechanical switch to...
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Detecting Human Falls with a 3-Axis Digital Accelerometer
10/25/2010
For a human, experiencing a fall unobserved can be doubly dangerous. The obvious possibility of initial injury may be further aggravated by the possible consequences if treatment is not obtained within a short time. For...
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Force Sensors for Design
3/25/2010
Download this white paper for insights on the various force sensing technologies and how to select a sensor and supplier to suit your product and support requirements. White paper topics include: Comparison of various...
