Sensors & Test

Sensors/​Data Acquisition

This is your resource for developments in smart sensor systems and data acquisition. Browse technical briefs, articles, and white papers on advanced applications in transducer technologies, detector systems, data acquisition, and sensor-related technologies.

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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
RFID-based devices work in indoor and outdoor lighting conditions and could transmit data for years before they need to be replaced.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Technique Uses X-Rays to Detect Defective Computer Chips
This method also reverse-engineers computer chips to detect the chip’s purpose.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Products include an aerosol scattering sensor; metal foam; and a new coated drug capsule.
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Briefs: Automotive
This technology provides simultaneous ohmic contacts and the process to make them.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This packaging provides protection for SiC sensors and electronics in harsh, hightemperature environments.
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Facility Focus: Electronics & Computers
Glenn's research facilities have contributed to decades of technology advances.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
Innovators at NASA Johnson Space Center have developed a calorimeter that is able to measure the total heat generated when specific types of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) cells are driven...
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Current laser interferometry pressure pulse detection techniques use the shock-induced change in index of refraction to track detonation and/or shock fronts in a single fiber optic by reflecting laser light...
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5 Ws: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The biometric tool uses modified wireless earbuds to authenticate smartphone users
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The reader uses a frequency multiplexer to boost its ability to accurately locate a greater number of RFID tags.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Low-Bandwidth Radar Technology Provides Improved Detection of Objects
Radar technologies were originally designed to identify and track airborne military targets. Today, they're more often used to detect motor vehicles, weather formations, and geological terrain. Until now, scientists believed that radar accuracy and resolution are related to the...
Products: Imaging
Adhesives, flame-retardant compounds, vision measurement, and more...
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This system uses fiber optic strain sensing to detect and locate micrometeoroid/orbital debris.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Salty air the Dutch city of Harlingen causes exposed metal parts to corrode.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality by instantaneously adapting to a wearer's movements.
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Briefs: Motion Control
The algorithm speeds up the planning process that robots use to adjust their grip on objects.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The ESA has commissioned its industry partners to design a new docking system called the International Berthing and Docking Mechanism (IBDM).
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A synthetic skin enables robots to sense their own bodies and surroundings
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A technology uses a combination of WiFi signals and accelerometer technology to track devices in near-real-time.
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Articles: AR/AI
Sensing technology will help to transform manufacturing floors into the connected factories of the future.
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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
“Cobots” allow companies of almost any size to automate processes that were previously out of reach.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
New measurements could help experts guess the location and size of the next earthquake.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory took inspiration from flying insects to create a miniaturized gyroscope, a special sensor used in...
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Blog: Energy
A new charging cell wants to use low-grade heat from our industrial processes to power our devices.
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Podcasts: Data Acquisition
Will we be able to trust autonomous drones? We explore the question in our latest episode of Here's an Idea.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new instrument mounted on a telescope in Arizona aimed its robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic “eyes” at the night sky on Oct. 22 to capture the first images...
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Products: Communications
OnLogic has introduced the Karbon 700 high-performance rugged computer.
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Articles: Wearables
Learn more about the how "CSD" offers a cost-effective, non-invasive way of saving the lives of infants.
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Briefs: Transportation
Most of us know optical lenses as curved, transparent pieces of plastic or glass, designed to focus light for microscopes, spectacles, cameras, and more. For the most part, a lens’...
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