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Factors to consider when selecting capacitive displacement sensors

05/07/2018

When selecting a non-contact capacitive displacement sensor, a number of key factors need to be considered, including target size and shape, guarding method and bandwidth. As well as clean environments, the sensors can also operate in dirty, dusty industrial areas too, says Chris Jones of Micro-Epsilon.

Real-world tyre modelling for Formula Student team

19/02/2018

Oxford Brookes Formula Student team used a Correvit S-Motion 2 Axis Optical Sensor from Kistler Instruments to obtain the key data needed for accurate, real world tyre modelling.

Accelerating sensor fusion embedded vision applications

02/02/2018

We exist in a world which has experienced rapid sensor proliferation; in fact, sensors are so commonplace now that we do not think twice as we each carry multiple different types with us daily in our mobile phones. These sensors provide the ability to detect simple changes in pressure, temperature, acceleration and gravity as well as more advanced sensors like GPS, RADAR, LIDAR and image sensors.

High precision sensors and measurement systems for the BLOODHOUND SSC project

02/02/2018

BLOODHOUND SSC reached a major milestone in October 2017, as it made its first public run at the Aerohub in Newquay. However, the event wasn’t just about driving the car successfully down the runway and showing it to spectators; it was also about testing the car and putting it through its paces, in particular, testing of hundreds of on-vehicle sensors that they were performing correctly under such extreme operating conditions.

Putting engines through their paces

02/02/2018

FPT Motorenforschung develops engines destined for the vehicles and machinery of CNH Industrial’s Powertrain segment. Some 220 staff work on site to create new FPT products for commercial vehicles, construction equipment and agricultural machinery and for use in industrial and marine applications.

Sensors Features

Factors to consider when selecting capacitive displacement sensors

Real-world tyre modelling for Formula Student team

Accelerating sensor fusion embedded vision applications

High precision sensors and measurement systems for the BLOODHOUND SSC project

Putting engines through their paces