Sensor Review: Volume 19 Issue 1

The valve may be dead but it won’t lie down

Discusses the demise of the thermeonic valve and the firm establishment of the transistor as the major active component in electronic circuits.

Video cameras: CMOS technology provides on‐chip processing

Compares the relative merits of CCD and CMOS based video cameras. Describes the design and fabrication of CMOS sensors which include considerable hardware computational elements…

They’ve got the measure of you

Biometrics, the use of various means to identify, or verify the identity of, individuals can be a valuable aid wherever there is a need to control access, whether to a secure site…

Micromachine update from Japan

This article reports on the 4th International Micromachine Symposium and Exhibition Micromachine (1998) which were held in Tokyo, 28‐30 October 1998 and also serves as a…

Miniature sensors using high density screen printing

Screen printing is a traditional low cost technique for production of electronic circuitry. Conventionally, screen printing is capable of no smaller than 200‐250 micron line and…

Micro sensor developments in Japan

This paper describes some aspects of micro sensors developed as part of the micromachine project in Japan. This national R&D project, industrial science and technology frontier…

Micromachined gyroscopic sensors

Many new micromachined angular rate sensors (gyroscopes) are now commercially available. Their rapid development has been mainly due to the automotive industry. A wide range of…

Applications of microporous membranes in sensor technology

Analyses some of the main ways in which microporous membranes can play a role in the efficient functioning of sensors. These devices are used to detect a property of, or component…

A new standard for liquid level measurement

Biosensors

Transducers and Their Elements

ASIC provides comprehensive functions for automotive airbag system

Fundamentals of Engineering Programming with C and Fortran

Switchgear specialist uses infrared imaging

First ASIC-based closed-loop current transducer

Diary

New machine vision software tool for rapidly detecting and classifying defects on objects

Fieldbus Foundation urges approval of IEC 61158 fieldbus standard

Toxic gas sensors

System to inspect soldering on printed circuit boards

Coriolis is the fastest growing sector of the European flowmeter market

Ometron's new software puts vibration engineers on the spot

New load-sensing washers feel the pinch

It's a hard world

Manufacturing overhaul for OEM product lines at Gems

Fibre-optic splitters

Rise in demand for advanced flow sensors aided by technological evolution

New range of extrusion sensors

R and D managers facing new challenges as role of technology management evolves

Seamless interface between VALISYS and LK CMMs

Sensors take chemical analysis from the lab to the field

Interfacing sensors to the IBM PC

Small wonder

Low cost non-contact temperature sensor

Single package interface circuit meets three commercial avionics standards

'Tip' sensor is safe and compact

Slim profile UV probe stable in hostile environments

DTI study cites P-NET fieldbus flowmeter with PID control

Matra Datavision and Mitutoyo join forces to develop new generation inspection software

Smart under pressure

Austrian vision project wins new UK Industrial Vision Association prize

New slot sensor offers easy installation and simple set-up

Internet patent search service launched

Legislation, R and D investment and EU enlargement poised to provide stimulus for growth in noise and vibration monitoring markets

Custom designed NTC thermistor probes

Total European market for automatic identification and data collection equipment expected to double in size within the next five years

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