German sensor company Sick has announced a pair of colour sensors. “The newly-developed flagship, CSS, leads the way with the ability to distinguish even the slightest nuances in shade,” according to ...

Process sensor technology—the mainstay instrumentation that monitors temperature, pressure and flow levels—has remained fairly steady over the years against a backdrop of accelerating digital ...

Some kinds of optical sensors are blind to conditions that others handle deftly. • Machine builders cannot rely upon a “one-sensor-fits-all” mentality. • Most common sensors today include standard ...

I like to think of engineers as doctors of the electronics world. Let me explain: Think about the last time an optometrist examined your “human sensors.” Did they prescribe glasses to compensate for ...

Using factory automation to improve overall efficiency is a primary focus in today’s manufacturing industry. Organizations are shifting in this direction not only because it increases their bottom ...

From roller coasters and farm equipment to discrete and batch manufacturing, inductive sensors enable precise metal detection ...

Using flow sensors, operators can monitor compressed-air use to help identify problems early and provides data for improving energy efficiency. Compressed air is used throughout the pharmaceutical ...

In this chapter, I will present a few useful “cookbook” applications for real-time control circuits designed to perform some specific low-level task and interface with a master controller for ...