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Tom Kwa

Meggitt Sensing Systems


Tom Kwa is the MEMS Design and Development Manager for Meggitt Sensing Systems in Sunnyvale, CA and can be reached at tom.kwa@meggitt.com.


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Testing a High-Survivability, High-Shock 20,000 g Accelerometer, Part 2: Device Characterization and High-Shock Testing   April 1, 2012
By: James Letterneau,Randy Martin,Tom Kwa

The second part of this two-part article continues our description of the methods used to characterize the Endevco high-shock, high-survivability accelerometer, including the results obtained from testing in simulated environments.

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Testing a High-Survivability, High-Shock 20,000 g Accelerometer, Part 1: Preliminary Prototype Testing   March 1, 2012
By: James Letterneau,Randy Martin,Tom Kwa

This two-part article introduces Meggitt's lightly damped, mechanically stopped, high-survivability, Endevco 20,000 g shock accelerometer. Part 1 focuses on the results from preliminary prototype testing of sensor dynamic properties while Part 2 will discuss further device characterization and...more >>