Sensors & Test

Sensors/Data Acquisition

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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.

Application Briefs: Imaging

Data Recorders Aid Earth Dust Mission

The Earth Imaging Spectrometer instrument is heading to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2022.

UpFront: Sensors/Data Acquisition

UpFront: August 2021 Tech Briefs

NASA's Landslide Reporter, a smarter cement, and a way to track microplastics in the ocean.

Articles: Automotive

Products of Tomorrow: August 2021

A new COVID test, a "ChromoUpdate," and NASA's brake rotor.

Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition

New Products: August 2021 Motion Design

Linear motion bearings, magnetic angle encoders, isolation valves, and more.

Briefs: Energy

“Flexoelectricity” in Soft Elastomers Could Improve Robot Movement

A connection between electricity and mechanical motion in soft, rubber-like materials could improve robot range.

Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Coatings Could Improve Traction on Slick Surfaces

Material for shoe bottoms could help prevent falls in icy or slippery conditions.

Articles: Test & Measurement

Connections for Control: Communications Interfaces for Position and Motion Sensors

Learn about widely used communications technologies for motion control.

Briefs: Test & Measurement

High-Temperature Silicon Carbide Op Amps Fabrication

Applications include sensor signal conditioning in harsh conditions such as automotive, oil and gas operations, and firefighting.

Briefs: Electronics & Computers

Rad-Hard CMOS Crystal Oscillator

The oscillator is designed for localized clock signal generation and data transmission in telemetry systems and remote sensing.

Facility Focus: Robotics, Automation & Control

Facility Focus: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

WPI supports research in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, cybersecurity, and fire safety.

Podcasts: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Here's an Idea: Hearing Aids

This episode of our Tech Briefs podcast series Here’s an Idea™ explores a variety of new-and-improved hearing aids, from $5 “do-it-yourself” devices to advanced systems that monitor brain waves.

Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Self-Driving Model Navigates a Tough Traffic Problem: Narrow Streets

A self-driving algorithm guides an autonomous vehicle through a traffic scenario that many of us know well: navigating traffic on a crowded, narrow street.

On-Demand Webinars: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Challenging Boundaries with Electroacoustic Technology

This 30-minute Webinar explores the universe of sound and examines electroacoustic technology that can be used in systems that detect, unearth, sense, and encounter. Electroacoustic transducers are the heart of a sensor system, whether it’s advanced sonar used by the Navy or...

White Papers: Defense

AXIS Software Development Tools

Software developers for mission-critical applications need special tools. Often, they are forced to use tools that aren’t necessarily designed to work together. Abaco’s AXIS is a full suite of integrated...

Special Reports: Connectivity

Machine Vision/Camera Advances - July 2021

Advances in cameras and image sensors are transforming the factory floor, while also enabling exciting new applications in space robotics, medicine, and more. Read all about it in this compendium of...