The Vibration Division of PCB Piezotronics introduced Model 3901F3HB2000G, a lightweight, piezoresistive accelerometer that is ideally suited for automotive crash test instrumentation. Featuring an ...

Anyone who has performed vibration tests is familiar with accelerometers, which are positioned on the EUT to measure the acceleration relative to the shaker and, most importantly, to find resonances.

Kistler announced availability of its piezoelectric and variable capacitive sensing technologies for flight test requirements, including in-flight structural analysis; flight test simulator ...

In a study published this week, researchers showed results in their exploration of smartphone accelerometers used to sense alcohol impairment in users. In "Preliminary Study Using Smartphone ...

Sensor and instrumentation maker Endevco (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) is debuting its Model 7269 miniature triaxial accelerometer. The company says that the product will serve biomechanics research, ...

How do piezoelectric accelerometers — vibration sensors — work? The force caused by vibration or a change in motion (acceleration) causes the sensor's mass to “squeeze” contained piezoelectric ...

An optomechanical accelerometer that uses light to measure acceleration. Credit: F Zhou/NIST An accelerometer that uses laser light instead of just mechanical strain can register changes as small as ...

A significant increase in the demand of accelerometers is expected as the market for consumer electronics, such as smartphones, and social infrastructure monitoring applications are expanding. Such ...

Industries and R&D sites depend on sensors to measure, monitor and analyze vibrations. Unfortunately, the best ways to get accurate and repeatable vibration data are not clear to many engineers; they ...

Mobile device accelerometers emit uniquely identifiable data that could be used to track users without permission. Minute manufacturing imperfections in popular accelerometers cause that hardware to ...