Torque Sensor Features High Radial Load Bearing

The Sensor Development 01367 rotating torque sensor family feature a bearing system that allows the structure to be exposed to very high radial loads without damage. Most standard torque sensors require their housings to float to minimize any extraneous loading other than the torque applied to the shaft.

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Car Companies—Foreign Ones At Least—Bolster AZ Proving Grounds

The Arizona Republic reports that Volvo, Nissan and Volkswagen are upgrading their Arizona proving grounds even as GM is selling off its test tracks. The article notes:

While General Motors and other car companies with proving grounds in the Valley sold thousands of acres to developers, anticipating ever-encroaching rooftops, Volvo went against the grain. It decided to . . . → Read More: Car Companies—Foreign Ones At Least—Bolster AZ Proving Grounds

Auto Sensor Measure Brake Pedal Effort, Preamps Operate Up to 120 C

PCB Piezotronics’ new series of pedal effort load cells are aimed at automotive test applications, including brake development, drivability, vehicle handling, and legislative & safety testing. Designed to measure the force required to operate a vehicle’s primary brake, clutch, or floor-mounted emergency brake pedals, the Series 1515 brake pedal effort sensor with integral cable is compact, . . . → Read More: Auto Sensor Measure Brake Pedal Effort, Preamps Operate Up to 120 C

Test Tool Targets FlexRay Physical Layer

LeCroy’s FlexRay physical layer test package that provides eye diagram mask testing and physical layer measurement parameters to help make LeCroy’s WaveRunner Xi an oscilloscope-based solution for FlexRay testing. These new capabilities combine with LeCroy’s existing FlexRay protocol trigger and decode tools to create a single instrument that can conduct advanced triggering, protocol decoding and physical . . . → Read More: Test Tool Targets FlexRay Physical Layer

High-Speed Imager Captures Up to 148,000 Pictures per Second

The Vision Research Phantom® V5.2 captures up to 1,000 pictures-per-second (pps) at full-resolution of 1152×896 and up to 148,000 pps at lower resolutions. It is available with either a monochrome CMOS sensor, which yields a sensitivity rated at ISO 2400, or a color CMOS sensor, which features an ISO of 600. As with all Vision Research . . . → Read More: High-Speed Imager Captures Up to 148,000 Pictures per Second