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More on The Internet of Things: It may appeal to you if you’re a visionary or a systems company
Technical Editor Margery Conner's PowerSource streams the latest developments in electronic power design and related technologies. Follow Margery on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/margeryc. More -
Control Engineering offers 2 tutorial videos on proximity sensors
Two tutorial videos from Control Engineering cover trends in photoelectric and fixed-frame proximity sensors and inductive and capacitive proximity sensors. More -
MTS Linear Position Sensor Extends Performance
An upgrade to MTS Systems' Temposonics sensors allow them to provide position updates every 100 µsec. More -
Wireless energy harvesting: EnOcean Alliance publishes first specification
Releasing the industry's first open specification for self-powered, wireless sensors, EnOcean Alliance says it moved closer toward becoming an international standard. Beckhoff Automation, DisTech Controls, Texas Instruments, Wago, and Weiland are among users. Members number more than 130. More -
Student builds robot rocker
In this blog, Test & Measurement World contributing editors comment on the state of engineering education and careers for recent engineering graduates. More -
Sensors for Solar Panels
A series of non-contact capacitive gap and parallelism sensor systems is available for the solar panel market. The systems measure the precise distance between liquid, antireflective and CVD coating head-to-media during solar panel production, helping maintain thin-film coating uniformity, while More -
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New Liquid Vortex Flow Sensor Features High Accuracy and Low Cost
New Liquid Vortex Flow Sensor Features High Accuracy and Low Cost. DN Series Liquid Vortex Flow Sensors provide direct temperature measurement. They are ideal for system flow monitoring and control. More -
Reportlinker Adds Energy Harvesting & Micro Batteries: Market Forces and Demand Characteristics, Third Edition
Reportlinker Adds Energy Harvesting & Micro Batteries: Market Forces and Demand Characteristics, Third Edition. More -
Web-based weather station helps validate crop disease models
Shawn Conley, an Associate Professor and State Extension Specialist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison , uses Onset’s HOBO U30 Remote Monitoring Systems to help address real-world challenges in soybean and small grain production. More -
EF Johnson Receives $3.1 Million WMD Sensor System Contract
EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. has announced that its 3e Technologies International (3eTI) subsidiary has received a $3.1 million contract from the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). More -
Ultrasonic Sensors detect solid, powder, or liquid media.
Balluff Goes Ultrasonic Introducing Ultrasonic Solutions for Object Detection and Measurement, Balluff, Inc. More -
Balluff Comes Clean: Introducing Micropulse SF Fill Level Sensors for High-precision Sanitary Filling Applications
PR: Balluff's Micropulse SF fill level sensor provides continuous, absolute fill-level measurement in applications that require adherence to the strictest standards of hygiene and cleanliness. Florence, KY (Vocus/PRWEB ) November 1 More -
element14: Tech First Kit-Freescale-RD3803MMA7660FC-Accelerometer-Dev Kit
The RD3803MMA7660FC is designed to provide the user with a complete out of the box experience to evaluate the MMA7660FC, a low power, 3-axis linear accelerometer with I2C digital output. More
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