Jon WilsonThe Dynamic Consultant, LLC

Do you find the sheer variety of pressure sensing methods and products daunting? This tutorial will help you take the pressure off yourself and put it on the right sensor for your application.

Brush up on the physics of pressure and the operating principles of pressure sensors.

The final chapter of this tutorial takes up the details of surface preparation, mounting options, and recalibration techniques and scheduling, and explores the ways in which the application can help direct the transducer selection process.

The sensor selection process must take into account the fundamental characteristics of different types of accelerometers and the environment in which the devices will be doing their work.

This tutorial addresses the physics of vibration; dynamics of a spring mass system; damping; displacement, velocity, and acceleration; and the operating principles of the sensors that detect and measure these properties."