Sensing and Measurement Instruments Reference Materials

Description: Accurate temperature measurement are critical in quality aluminium extrusion production. ...

Description: Absolute vs Relative Direction ...

Description: Laser sensors perform a variety of measurement feats, including detection, counting, guiding and triggering of far, near, moving and stationary objects. They've grown up substantially from previous ...

Description: Photoelectric sensors are used to detect objects by using light. Depending on the application, available space, and specific requirements, a variety of sensors can be used. Detection is typically ...

Description: At the heart of "smart" are relays, switches, connectors, sensors and advanced image sensing/human vision components that deliver energy savings, convenience, comfort and Internet of Things (IoT) ...

Description: The ability to clean the equipment used to manufacture food and beverages is an automatic and reliable process whereby cleaning solutions and water are used to clean the entire manufacturing system, ...

Description: Card readers have come under increased use in hotels and a host of other card detection activities. With the dramatic increase in use, the quality and reliability have become big factors in shaping ...

Description: Hearing aids are just that. They allow a person to better hear sounds and speech. Strange as it may seem to those that hear perfectly, people with hearing disabilities don't like to advertise their ...

Description: Think of the IO port as a variable resistor that regulates the current to 4-20 ma in the loop. All the other devices in the loop are represented as a resistor equal to the input resistance of all the ...

Description: Most industrial processes require that certain variables such as temperature, flow, level or pressure, remain at or near some reference value (setpoint). Closed-loop control is used to achieve this. ...

Description: In industrial image processing and machine vision applications, the lighting of the inspected objects is realized by illumination modules such as LED arrays. In order to increase the intensity of ...

Description: The measurement and control of air, gases and liquids in small line and batch processes is critically important. In many processes, these measurements are essential to achieving the best final product ...

Description: In municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants, sludge clarifiers are utilized to separate solids from the water treatment effluent system by introducing air and flocculants. This process ...

Description: Gas sensor sensitivity levels have increased in equipment where atmospheric conditions, such as relative humidity, directly affect test results. Calibrating for changes in relative humidity in trace ...

Description: This application note shows how to use the PIC16C774 microcontroller (MCU) in a ratiometric sensing application. A block diagram of the application is shown in Figure 1. The design takes advantage of ...

Description: Electronic utility meters are an important step towards automating the utility metering process. Automated utility meters allow many new features that help reduce the cost of utilities to customers ...

Description: This application note shows two designs that use a precise, negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor for temperature measurement. The thermistor is placed in a resistive divider to linearize ...

Description: By using a ruggedized portable ultrasonic leak detector, Mr. Brian Thorp, PdM Technician for Seminole Electric has been able to provide quick leak detection and repair on an aging steam condenser, ...

Description: Rieker Electronics introduces The RAD2 Remote Angle Display System with new rugged sensor options for line array positioning. This handheld battery powered digital LCD display box can be matched with ...

Description: Specify sensor lead configuration ...