Touchstone Semiconductor's Martin Tomasz explains how to interfact to capacitive touch sensors using basic 555-timer circuits.

Non-contact displacement measurements can be made rapidly and with high precision using capacitive sensors over a modest range. The main features are: Capacitive sensing is a non-contact measurement ...

The brochure presents PI’s state-of-the-art sensor systems and also features a tutorial on single plate and dual plate capacitive sensors and an applications overview: * Measuring Displacement with ...

Engineers need to know the technology and limitations behind the available sensors if they want to make the right choice.

Sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon UK has just launched a new range of non-contact, wear-free capacitive displacement measurement sensors, which offer extremely high performance (resolution and speed), ...

The LVDT is a natural contender for high-temperature applications when compared to other displacement technologies such as potentiometers, magnetostrictive transducers, and capacitive sensors.