Technical Documents: Sensors and Transducers
How to select Hall-effect sensors for brushless dc motors
PDF from:
Honeywell Sensing and Control
Description:
Brushless dc (BLDC) motors need to operate more efficiently as energy and cost savings becomes a bigger concern for designers of electronic devices. One way to help ensure greater efficiency is by
What accuracies can color sensors and mini-spectrometers achieve?
Web article from:
MAZeT GmbH
Description:
Spectrometers are used as reference devices in color measurements. However, they usually are to expensive and bulky for active usage in most applications. Color sensors and mini-spectrometers are
Pressure Transmitters Allow for Safe Wastewater Storage
Web article from:
WIKA Instrument, LP
Description:
Incidental water accumulation can be a big problem in upstream oil and gas wells because it reduces well efficiency and production rates. The solution is to pump out this water at regular intervals,
Prevent Arc Flash Hazard - Taking the Current out of Current Switches
PDF from:
Setra Systems
Description:
Current switches (aka current sensors) are used to monitor the operation of motors, pumps, fans, compressors, lights, and other equipment. Two common types of current switches are fixed point and
Sensors and Feedback Control of Multi-Color LED Systems
Web article from:
MAZeT GmbH
Description:
It is well known, that LEDs have a drift of peak wavelength and intensity. This leads to shifts of chromaticity coordinate and intensity, which could be measured and controlled by true color sensors.
Simplifying Humidity Measurement
PDF from:
Silicon Labs
Description:
Humidity sensing technology is critical to a wide range of applications, and despite its pervasive necessity and application across many industries, relative humidity measurement is among the more
Danfoss Supports Booming Shale Gas Extraction Industry in the US
Web article from:
Danfoss, Inc. - Industrial Automation Division
Description:
Robust and long-lasting, Danfoss pressure and temperature controls play an important role in the oil and gas fields of the Southeastern United States. Recently, the controls have gained popularity in
Pressure Sensor to Reduce Pollution and Energy Costs
Web article from:
Danfoss, Inc. - Industrial Automation Division
Description:
Replacing the traditional pedal system in multi-purpose machines with an electronic system has proven to be a significant advance in responding to the constant decrease in available work space, along
Implementing Portable Humidity Sensor Systems
PDF from:
Silicon Labs
Description:
In the emerging "Internet of Things" era, the traditional approach to humidity measurement using large-footprint legacy discrete circuits or bulky humidity sensing modules is no longer suitable to
What are the price advantages of light color regulation via feedback control?
Web article from:
MAZeT GmbH
Description:
When looking at color correction or control solutions in LED lighting systems - these are often regarded as an expensive add-on. But actually it is possible to reduce the overall costs and future
Pressure Transducer Usage for Load Moment Indication in Cranes in Fluid Power and Mobile Hydraulics Applications
Web article from:
WIKA Instrument, LP
Description:
Cranes are an everyday aspect of construction and maintenance operations. Safe operation of cranes is dependent on information about all of the forces on the crane, the crane's geometry, where loads
Pressure Transducer Usage in Computer Server Farm Cooling for Specialty Refrigeration in HVAC and Refrigeration
Web article from:
WIKA Instrument, LP
Description:
Server farms are clusters or collections of computer servers that link together to far surpass the abilities of a single server and to provide backup for servers within the farm. Server farms have
Pressure Transducer Usage Wind Turbines for Alternative Energy Generation in Energy and Power Generation
Web article from:
WIKA Instrument, LP
Description:
As today's society looks for forms of alternative energy and ways to distance ourselves from fossil fuels, wind power has emerged as a major player in the alternative energy market. Wind turbines
Pressure Transducer Usage in High Pressure Sterilizers for Food and Beverage Sanitary Applications
Web article from:
WIKA Instrument, LP
Description:
High pressure sterilizers are widely used for sterilization of food and beverage products as an alternative to heat sterilization. Steam sterilizers are used to ensure sterility or inactivation of
Pressure Transducer Usage to find Propeller Cavitation in Military Ships for Aerospace, Military and Shipbuilding
Web article from:
WIKA Instrument, LP
Description:
Propeller cavitation is the phenomenon where bubbles and vapor pockets spontaneously form on the edges and surfaces of propeller blades due to dramatically decreased localized pressure in those
