‘Optical Sensor’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Micro stepper motors bring pictures into focus from EMS, which we summarised at the time by saying "Electro Mechanical Systems has supplied Precistep micro-stepper motors to Life Optics to allow it to develop a compact, reliable and light-weight head-mounted microscope.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Thermometers feature advanced signal processing from Ircon: "Ircon has introduced the Modline 6 Series of infrared thermometers with advanced signal processing and background-reflected energy compensation capabilities. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Stratophase - take a look at Insertion probes monitor bioproduction process which says: "Stratophase has collaborated with the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) to develop an insertion probe variant of its Spectrosens system. ".

Take a look also at the news release from Hamamatsu Photonics , CMOS digital photo IC for colour sensing, as well as Sherborne announces MEMS inclinometers from Sherborne Sensors, and SGS offers acoustic emission testing package from SGS SA - Industrial Services.

Latest stories...

PCB sensor measures internal ballistics of guns (November 2009)

The Aerospace and Defense division of PCB Piezotronics has introduced the Model 165B02 charge output pressure sensor to measure the internal ballistics of sporting, police and military shot guns.

Souriau creates optical contact for harsh settings (November 2009)

Souriau, in partnership with several aircraft manufacturers, has developed the Elio high-performance optical contact for applications in harsh environments.

Rittal's PSM measures power consumption per socket (November 2009)

Rittal has extended its Power System Module (PSM) range to allow the power consumption of individual servers and peripheral hardware to be measured per socket.

Stemmer camera has monochrome CCD sensors (November 2009)

Stemmer Imaging's latest camera offering, the JAI AD-081CL, features two monochrome progressive scan CCD sensors mounted to a custom-designed optical prism.

Bodet to show tachometers for landing gear (November 2009)

Bodet Aero is exhibiting at the SAE Aerotech Congress and Exhibition in Seattle, Washington, from 10-12 November, 2009, as part of the Aerospace France Pavilion.

Wirelesshart switch enables level detection (November 2009)

Emerson Process Management has introduced a Wirelesshart point-level switch, which enables level detection to be made in locations previously inaccessible or too costly for wired devices.

Gyro-accelerometer suits high-performance apps (November 2009)

VTI Technologies has released a range of gyro-accelerometer combo sensors for high-performance industrial applications.

IFM magnetic meters accept higher flow rates (November 2009)

IFM Electronic is offering larger versions of the SM Series Magmeter.

Optical sensors spot tiny chemical changes

SpectroSens optical sensors are capable of detecting even the most minute changes in the chemical composition of liquids.
Optical sensor has range up to 10m

With a range up to 10m and two independent switchpoints, sensor uses photonic mixer device chip to calculate time-of-flight measurement.