Sensors used to monitor extreme environments need to provide reliable measurements despite high temperatures and harsh conditions. Now, researchers have developed a piezoelectric sensor that works at ...

This article explains some of the principles of signal conditioning. Piezoelectric sensors have been chosen to illustrate these principles because their conditioning requires a mix of traditional ...

Accelerometers are used in instrumentation applications to measure a change in velocity with respect to time or an inclination (the angle between an object’s vertical axis and a line perpendicular to ...

Designing with piezoelectric sensors might seem, at first glance, a bit trivial but make no mistake, there are certain pitfalls of which to be aware as well as diverse configurations and internal ...

To allow IEPE (integrated electronic piezoelectric) sensors to be used with data acquisition devices with 1MΩ BNC inputs, Pico Technology has created the TA487 IEPE Signal Conditioner. To allow IEPE ...

This video shows PI’s Piezo Technology, which includes a range of piezoelectric actuators and piezoelectric sensor components for applications in industry and research. There are numerous sizes and ...

How do piezoelectric accelerometers — vibration sensors — work? The force caused by vibration or a change in motion (acceleration) causes the sensor's mass to “squeeze” contained piezoelectric ...

HDK-America has announced an incredibly small, piezo-resistive three-axis acceleration sensor. HDK-America has released a small, piezo-resistive three-axis acceleration sensor, the HAAM-325B, ...