Sensor Applications

FSRs are uniquely suited for a variety of applications, such as force sensors, pointing devices, and position sensors in markets like Medical, Automotive, Industrial Automation, and Rugged/Robotics/Military.

 

Medical-Wheel Chair Sensor  Medical-Bed Sensor  Sports-Golf Putter 
Automotive-Seat Sensor  Automotive-Dashboard Controls  Robotics-Various Force Sensors 
Consumer Electronics-Portable Devices  Consumer Electronics-Game controllers  Industrial - Rugged mice, pointing and ruggedized buttons with force sensors 

Applications overview

Detect & qualify press
Sense whether a touch is accidental or intended by reading force

Use force for UI feedback
Detect more or less user force to make a more intuitive interface

Enhance tool safety
Differentiate a grip from a touch as a safety lock

Find centroid of force
Use multiple sensors to determine centroid of force

Detect presence, position, or motion
Of a person or patient in a bed, chair, or medical device

Detect liquid blockage
Detect tube or pump occlusion or blockage by measuring back pressure

Detect proper tube positioning

Many other force measurement applications

 

Joystick & pointing devices

  • Simple integration
  • Very compact
  • Smooth 360° control with tap-to-select
  • Wide range of modular and component level solutions
  • Applications:
  • Personal computing, keyboards, remote controls and mobile consumer electronics

Touchpads

  • Absolute or relative
  • X, Y and pressure
  • Any actuator / passive stylus
  • Low power (open circuit)
  • Mobile applications, remote controls, personal computing
  • Applications:
  • Input for character recognition without obstructing display; gesture recognition, scrolling; signature capture; and mousing!

Pressure sensitive scroll strips & buttons under hard surface

  • Industrial Design – elegant single body smooth surface controls
  • Relative pressure measurement for haptics,touch & select, and predict intended button press
  • Eliminate accidental touch
  • Ultra thin ‘switch’ solution
  • Operation with gloved finger, stylus, and in contaminated environments
  • Multi-touch strips
  • Applications:
  • Mobile Consumer applications