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What are emerging sensor technologies for Agriculture 4.0?

July 5, 2022 By Jeff Shepard

Agriculture 4.0 is emerging and requires an expended sensor suite. Agriculture 4.0 refers to systems that employ drones, robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), vertical farms, artificial intelligence (AI), renewable energy, and advanced sensor methodologies. Agriculture 4.0 is similar to Industry 4.0 in some ways: Where Industry 4.0 is designed to support automation and mass […]

Filed Under: Featured, fiber optic, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Sensors Tagged With: FAQ

What sensors do you need to land on the moon?

April 6, 2022 By Jeff Shepard

NASA is developing several sensor systems and algorithms for use on Artemis moon landings. It’s called the Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) technology suite. It consists of three primary elements: An inertial measurement unit (IMU) and a camera for terrain relative navigation. Second is Doppler LiDAR to determine the lander’s velocity […]

Filed Under: depth sensors, Distance, Electrical sensing, Featured, fiber optic, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), laser, Other, RADAR/LiDAR, Time-of-Flight Tagged With: FAQ

Using optical fibers for temperature measurement, Part 3: Variations

April 8, 2021 By Bill Schweber

Among the many ways to sense temperature, combinations of advanced optical principles used with optical fibers offer very different approaches, with application advantages and implementation limitations. The previous part of this article looked at two approaches to using optical fibers for temperature sensing based on the fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and the Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). […]

Filed Under: Featured, fiber optic, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Other, Temperature Tagged With: FAQ

Using optical fibers for temperature measurement, Part 1: Context

April 6, 2021 By Bill Schweber

Among the many ways to sense temperature, combinations of advanced optical principles used with optical fibers offer very different approaches, with application advantages and implementation limitations. Temperature is the most widely sensed physical parameter; it’s that simple. What’s not simple is the many ways we have of measuring it through the use of sensors such […]

Filed Under: Featured, fiber optic, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Other, Temperature Tagged With: FAQ

What types of problems can fiber optic kinetic sensor solve?

December 18, 2019 By Randy Frank

At Sensors Expo 2019, Dennis Horwicz, Product Manager at Micronor explains how his company’s fiber optic sensors for mechanical motion applications can be used in challenging applications that include electromagnetic interference (EMI)/ radio frequency interference (RFI), radiation, high voltage, magnetic field, temperature extremes and even an explosive atmosphere. A fiber optic kinetic sensor to measure […]

Filed Under: Encoder, Featured, fiber optic, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Optical, Rotary, Temperature Tagged With: Micronor

TT Electronics to launch new series of sensors for industrial and medical apps at Sensors Expo

June 12, 2019 By Aimee Kalnoskas

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TT Electronics is exhibiting at Booth #530 at Sensors Expo where several of the company’s leading engineers will be onsite to introduce attendees to the features and benefits of an extensive range of high-performance, high-reliability sensing solutions. Exhibition highlights include the launch of the new OPB9001 Series reflective sensors; two new optoelectronics product releases: the OPF350A […]

Filed Under: fiber optic, Other Tagged With: ttelectronicsinc

Fiber-optic temperature measurement covers -200° to 300° C, includes USB, RS232 and SPI interfaces

June 12, 2017 By Maddie Lippert

Debuting at Sensors Expo (June 28-29, 2017), Micronor and Optocon AG have collaborated to create the FOTEMP1-OEM-MNT; a low cost, small form factor, single channel signal conditioner that seamlessly integrates Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing into any industrial control system, medical instrumentation or other OEM design. The compact FOTEMP1-OEM-MNT controller works with all TS series fiber optic temperature sensors, a […]

Filed Under: fiber optic, Temperature Tagged With: Micronor

Fiber optic displacement sensor has measurement accuracy in the micron range

April 1, 2016 By Andrew Zistler

OMRON Corporation, Kyoto City, will introduce on April 1 the new confocal fiber displacement sensor ZW-7000 Series. Incorporating the new white light confocal principle(*2) of measurement, the ZW-7000 Series is a non-contact-type displacement sensor that can continuously measure the height of objects with various materials and shapes with an accuracy of microns while moving the […]

Filed Under: fiber optic Tagged With: Omron

New line of fiber optic sensors

February 9, 2016 By Andrew Zistler

Carlo Gavazzi is pleased to announce a new line of Fiber Optic Sensors, including the FA1 Fiber Optic Amplifier, and the FUT and FUR Fiber Optic Cables. The compact, intuitive, and flexible design of the FA1 Fiber Optic Amplifier is ideal for a wide variety of applications. An adjustable signal level, selectable response time, multiple […]

Filed Under: fiber optic Tagged With: carlogavazzi

Fiber-Optic Sensor Amplifier Boasts Several Features

February 4, 2016 By Randy Frank

With one of nearly 500 E32-series sensing heads as its partner, Omron Automation and Safety’s E3X-HD fiber-optic sensor amplifier can address many space-confined sensing applications. The amplifier allows ultra-stable presence/absence and inspection. Its one-button smart tuning simplifies sensor threshold and light intensity adjustments. Other capabilities include the amplifier’s ability to automatically compensate for LED-aged deterioration, […]

Filed Under: Featured, fiber optic Tagged With: Omron

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