Pressure sensors would be nice

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Am I they only one who would like to play around with pressure sensors?

There’s two types I would like to see on SFE:

  1. Absolute air pressure for barometers or altitude measurement.

  2. Waterproff sensor for measuring depth. These should be small enough for making a wrist watch-style depthmeasuring gadget for divers or RC subs.

This would spark an idea or two in my head…

/claus

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claus:
Am I they only one who would like to play around with pressure sensors?

/claus

Have you seen the stuff from Freescale? They have a variety of choices such as:

http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/sit … 0112699036

There is an application note there on how to measure liquid level without immersing the sensor.

I ordered some free samples :smiley: and I plan to make some level detectors which will interface to my 1wire setup as soon as my PCBs arrive.

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http://www.vti.fi/productsen/productsen_4_1.html

This sensor was recommended by a customer (Thanks!). We are on the list for samples and then becoming a distro in Q1 of 06. Fancy stuff! We are excited.

-Nathan

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sparky:
http://www.vti.fi/productsen/productsen_4_1.html

This sensor was recommended by a customer (Thanks!). We are on the list for samples and then becoming a distro in Q1 of 06. Fancy stuff! We are excited.

-Nathan

Best news I’ve heard for a while. I am keen to get a sample or two myself as, being a skydiver I have a serious application for them. Life saving stuff.

I will be watching for developments here closely.

Regards,

Jim

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for what it’s worth, the Freescale MPX-series sensors are really easy to solder to a wire wrap board so there’s really no need (as far as I would guess) for a breakout board for them. They work really well, I used them to measure intake manifold pressure in engines and as a barometer.