Piezo Trigger Switch circuit described here is a microcontroller-compatible shock/impact sensor switch module works on 5VDC supply. The whole circuit can be assembled on a 5×7 cm common circuit board.

Flexible piezoelectric sensors are essential to monitor the motions of both humans and humanoid robots. However, existing designs are either are costly or have limited sensitivity. In a recent study, ...

Piezoelectric and triboelectric tactile sensors are designed to convert mechanical stimuli into electrical signals, making them critical components in intelligent systems. Piezoelectric sensors ...

A typical piezoelectric sensor comprises a disk of PZT-5A ceramic material with metallized electrodes on its surfaces. Applying electrically conductive epoxy to the electrodes connects external wiring ...

The underlying mechanism improving piezoelectricity via interfacial polarization is elucidated through combining the experimental results, molecular dynamics simulations and density functional theory ...

There are tricks to working with devices originally designed to be sensors rather than generators. Brian Shaffer Applications Manager - Boston Design Center Linear Technology Corp. It's hard not to ...

How an ultra-tiny, injectable energy-harvesting, temperature-sensing, and data-link system was developed. The use of ultrasound energy to provide both a wireless power source and data link. How a ...

Sensor applications are one of the most logical places to use nanomaterials: the two key features for a sensor are its precision and its size, two areas where nanomaterials can provide big gains.