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December 1999

• On the Way

• Magnetic Biosensors

• Microwave Motion Sensors for
  Off-Road Vehicle Velocity Data and Collision

• Improvements in Vehicle-Testing Technology

• A 1-Wire Rain Gauge

• Reporting Real-Time Test Data to Remote Locations

• Paddlewheel Flow Sensors: The Overlooked Choice

• Choosing the Right Photoelectric Sensing Mode

• Computer Trends in Data Acquisition

• Research and Developments
  

• Web Picks

•  Wish List
  
  

November 1999

• Say, Don’t I Know You?

• Turbine Flowmeters, Part 2: Designs and Special Cases

• Magnetostrictive Linear Position Sensors

• The New Generation of IR Thermometers, Part 2: Trends and Developments Enhancing the Power of IR Thermometers

• A New Linear Optical Encoder

• OPC vs. ODAS

• High-Resolution Machine Vision

• Internet-Base Data Acquisition and Control

• Best of Sensors Expo Awards

• Looking Back, Moving Forward

• Research and Developments

• Web Picks
  
  

October 1999

• Thinking About Things Thinking

• Turbine Flowmeters, Part 1: Details of the Basic Axial Turbine Flowmeter

• High-Temperature Flow Measurement with Wetted and Clamp-On Ultrasonic Sensors

• Trends in Electronic Flow Computers

• EMF Flow Measurement in Partially Filled Pipes

• Multifunction Polysilicon Pressure Sensors for Process Control

• The New Generation of Infrared Thermometers,
  Part 1: Theory, Trends, and Applications

• Low Magnetic Field Sensing with GMR Sensors,
  Part 2: GMR Sensors and Their Applications

• Interoperability Comes to Data Acquistion

• SPECIAL INDUSTRY REPORT:
  From Design to Distribution

• Looking Back, Moving Forward
  

• Research and Developments

• Web Picks
  

SEPTEMBER 1999

• Sold!

• Dynamic Defect Detection, Part 2: Implementation

• Automatic Wireless Communications

• Programmable Sensors

• Building an Acoustic Emission Data Analysis Program

• Low Magnetic Field Sensing with GMR Sensors, Part 1: The Theory of Solid-State Magnetic Sensing

• New Magnetoresistive Current Sensor Improves Power Electronics Performance

• The Growing Presence of MEMS and MST in Automotive Applications

• Updating the Automotive Air Bag Static Development Test System

• New Silicon-Based Metal-Oxide Chemical Sensors

• Optical Gas Detection with Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers

• Industrial Control with Noncontact Displacement Sensors

• Expanding the Operative Range of Open-Loop Hall Effect Current Sensing

• New Silicon-Based Metal-Oxide Chemical Sensors

• SCADA on a Shoestring

• Looking Back, Moving Forward

• Web Picks

AUGUST 1999

• Aid for the Import-Injured

• Dynamic Defect Detection Part 1:Theory of Vibrational Analysis

• A Micromachined Quartz Angular Rate Sensor for Automotive and Advanced Inertial Applications

• So, What Is an RTD?

• Using the IEEE-1451.2 Correction Engine to Compensate a Multivariable Smart Pressure Transmitter

• Know Your Power!

• A New PC Card Solution"

• Looking Back, Moving Forward
  
  
• DA Special Section

• Calendar

• Research and Developments

• Web Picks

JULY 1999

• Look Here

• Demystifying Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors

• Five Ways of Monitoring Electrical Current

• Understanding Frequency Domain Measurements

• The Chilled Mirror Dew Point Hygrometer as a Measurement Standard

• Spray Coating for MEMS, Interconnects, and Advanced Packaging Applications

• Acceleration Data Acquisition Using a Converter

• Looking Back, Moving Forward

• Calendar

• Research and Developments

• Web Picks

 

JUNE 1999

• Considering Outsourcing

• Full-Field Vibration and Strain Measurement

• Integrated Optical Sensing of Changing Environmental Illumination

• A Low-Cost Data Acquisition System

• A Low-Power Hall Effect Switch
• The Air Force Develops a Flight Safety and Navigation System

• Embedded Microcontrollers, or Making Your Sensors Really Smart

• Coming Up with the Right Control and Data Acquisition Software

• When Real Time Is Fast Enough

• Looking Back, Moving Forward

MAY1999

• Context Sensitive—Quite Sensitive!

• The IR Fingerprint: Using IR Absorption Spectrometry to Monitor Gases for Process Control

• A New Electronic Nose

• The Evolution of Automotive Pressure Sensors

• New Sensors Help Put Pedal to the Metal

• Integrating PLCs into Process Weighing Systems

• Conformal Sensor Measures Ammunition Pressure Through Shell Case

• Why Your Frame Grabber Needs Onboard Memory

• A Consistent Mathematical Approach for Multiple Input Calibration

• IEEE-1451.2 Engineering Units Conversion Algorithm

• Ending the Bus Wars

• It's Time for Sensors to Go Wireless, Part 2: Take a Good Technology and Make it an Economic Success

• Bringing the Network to Embedded Control Systems

• Looking Back, Moving Forward

APRIL 1999

• Our Best

• What Features Do You Really Need in a Frame Grabber?

• The Representation of Physical Units in IEEE 1451.2

• Rediscovering the Strain Gauge Pressure Sensor

• New Applications of Vision Sensors for In-Process Monitoring

• A Practical Approach to Vibration Detection and Measurement Part 3: Installation, Recalibration, and Application

• Measuring Surface Roughness with an Optical Sensor

• It's Time for Sensors to Go Wireless

• Looking Back, Moving Forward

• Research and Developments

MARCH 1999

• Reckless Reliance?

• Anisotropic Magnetoresistive Sensors Theory and Applications

• Choosing an Ultrasonic Sensor for Proximity or Distance Measurement Part 2: Optimizing Sensor Selection

• Trends in Accelerometer Design for Military and Aerospace Applications

• Data Acquisition Software: Today and Tomorrow

• Open Systems Move to the Factory Floor

• Looking Back, Moving Forward

FEBRUARY 1999

• The Commercialization of MEMS/MST: Where Do We Go From Here?

• A Practical Approach to Vibration Detection and Measurement Part 1: Physical Principles and Detection Techniques

• Choosing an Ultrasonic Sensor for Proximity or Distance Measurement Part 1: Acoustic Considerations

• A 3-Axis Silicon Piezoresistive Accelerometer

• LabVIEW 5.1

• Piezoelectric Sensors for OEM Applications

• Heat Flux Sensors Part 2: Applications

• A Flexible Evaluation Tool for Sensor System ASICs

• Remote Data Acquisition Phones Home

• Data Acquisition Special Section

• Looking Back, Moving Forward

JANUARY 1999

• Happy 15th, Sensors

• A System Designer's Guide to Isolation Devices

• Pressure Sensor Interchangeability

• Heat Flux Sensors Part 1: Theory

• Low-Temperature Measurements with Thin Film Platinum Resistance Elements

• Understanding Contact Temperature Sensors

• Looking Back, Moving Forward

• Clearing Up the Confusion on Ethernet