EDN

Piezoelectric Sensory Switch Module – An Afterthought

While learning about different types of vibration sensors for condition monitoring, I came across a cheap piezoelectric shock/tap/vibration sensor switch module hiding in a corner of my messy ...
EDN

Robotic Collision Sensor

Robotic collision sensors are crash protection devices that detect a crash before or during a collision. A collision sensor sends a signal back to the robot’s brain (robot controller) in such ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between Vibration Sensors?

The ability to measure, monitor, and analyze vibration is essential to many industries and areas of research & development. Unfortunately, the proper methods for creating an accurate and repeatable ...
New Electronics

Mouser stocking vibration sensor from Analog Devices

Mouser Electronics has added a new product from Analog Devices to its portfolio, the ADcmXL 1021-1 Vibration Sensor Module. Based on Analog Devices’ microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensor ...
Electronic Design

ALD’s Energy Harvesting Modules Address Wireless Sensor Networks

Announced as the industry’s first energy harvesting modules to supply power to wireless sensor networks, the EH300 and EH301 EPAD modules accept energy from an array of waste energy sources such as ...