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[*claus*]

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

[eejake52]

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

[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

[newfound]

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

[andrey]

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.