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Pressure sensors
News Release from: VTI Technologies | Subject: SCP1000 pressure sensor
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 September 2007
Pressure sensors suit pilot watches
VTI's SCP1000 pressure sensor allows Swiss De Havilland watches to estimate altitude to extremely accurately.
Pilot watches made by Swiss De Havilland use VTI Technologies' pressure sensors for precision barometer and altimeter functions The De Havilland pilot watches record times of take-offs and landings and flight duration, allowing the user to register both block to block and total flight time
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 2 May 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Jean-Daniel Carrard, aviator and Managing Director of JDC Electronic said "The DH-02 model is equipped with VTI's SCP1000 pressure sensor, enabling altitude to be estimated to the accuracy of one foot".
"This entirely new interface, based on a rotating bezel, allows the user to adjust altitude and pressure (as in instrument panels) and to set the time - one of the intelligent features seen for the first time in the watch".
A new control system based on the magnetic fields has been introduced.
"We are excited to work together with JDC Electronic, a well-known design partner for several of the Swiss watch industry's famous brands", says Heikki Timonen, Product Manager for VTI's SCP1000 pressure sensor.
"The demands for pressure sensors in high-end pilot watch are extremely high".
"Precise altitude information, stability and robust design are the key requirements for pressure sensor approval in this demanding application".
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