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Printed electronics and sensing technologies of all kinds have garnered plenty of interest among the worldwide design engineering communities -- especially force sensors. However, beyond their obvious physical properties, there's a lot that design engineers may not know about printed force sensors, like FlexiForce™ sensors.
This eBook will answer the most common questions asked about printed force sensors to help you determine if this technology will be a good fit for your embedded design, including:
- What are your printed force sensor options?
- How durable and accurate are printed force sensors?
- What force ranges can printed force sensors capture, and more!
The Top 5 Printed Force Sensor Questions: Asked and Answered!
- How are Printed Force Sensors Constructed
- Ultra-thin and flexible printed circuits consisting of two flexible substrates (polyester film).
- How Accurate are they?
- The fact that they are passive, have linear conductance responses, and have a very large dynamic range of resistance, allows for the design engineer to use simpler electronics that do not require a lot of filtering
- How Durable are they? Internal Testing Standards
- How Durable are they? - part 2. Third party testing
- How Much Force can you measure with a printed force sensor?
- FlexiForce sensors, for instance, have such a wide dynamic range that allows them to capture much greater forces simply by changing the reference voltage and/or adjusting the gain of the circuit.
- What environmental conditions can an embedded force sensor stand up to?
- Tekscan has developed advanced formulas for our conductive materials that will optimize sensor performance for extreme temperature and humidity applications.
- (Bonus)! What are common uses for printed force sensors
