Featured Articles:
-Sensors Plug&Play – The New Standard for Automated Sensor Measurements
-Networking 101: Down at the Bit Level
-Level Measurement: The Very Last Resort; and more

Resources & Literature:
-2007 Machine Safeguarding Design Guide
-Rotameter Sizing Program
-Flowmeter installation DVD; and more

Application Stories:
-Pressure Measurements With DAQ Systems
-Acoustics monitoring prevents downtime at Shapfell Lime Quarry
-Powering Tire Pressure Sensors; and more

Featured Training:
-Smart Sensors Systems Design
-Smart Sensors Systems Design (Online Course)
-BEI offers 'Industrial Encoders for Dummies'; and more

Product Announcements:
-Schneider releases PowerView power monitoring software
-ASI announces IEC Limit Switches
-Emerson adds Micro Motion diagnostics to AMS; and more

Company News:
-ARC says pressure transmitter market to be $2.3B by 2011
-Omron appoints Gregg Holst President and COO
-ARC says Coriolis flowmeter market to grow 12% annually; and more

Application News:
-Endevco sensors ride Space Shuttle
-Differential Expansion Measurement For Didcot A Power Station
-Physik Instrumente gives $25,000 grant to Univ of VA for sensor research; and more

Featured Events:
-ISA Expo 2007
-IEEE SENSORS 2007 Conference
-Remote Monitoring & Onsite Power Show; and more

Sensors Plug&Play – The New Standard for Automated Sensor Measurements
By National Instruments
Article explains the IEEE 1451.4 standard, Mixed-Mode Interface for Smart Transducers. Developed jointly by sensor manufacturers, instrumentation and software suppliers, and users, IEEE 1451.4 defines the concept of a mixed-mode transducer that supplies both an analog and digital interface

Networking 101: Down at the Bit Level
Control Engineering, August 2007
By Peter Welander
Many large machines use lots of small sensors. Specialized networks designed for these devices can save wire and time.

Level Measurement: The Very Last Resort
Control, August 2007
By Walt Boyes
The level product that “dares not speak its name.” It is the level measurement product of last resort—the one you take to your boss after every other one has failed. It’s…nuclear.

The state of MEMS in automation
InTech, August 2007
By Avinash K. Bhaskar and Menaka S
MEMS-based sensor technology tends to be limited to process monitoring applications, industrial safety, machinery monitoring, and to some extent in assembly line manufacturing applications.

Optimizing Motion Control—Getting the Most from Resolvers
Sensors, July 2007
By Thomas Tokar, Rockwell Automation
To take full advantage of the resolver's potential, you have to compensate for error sources. Simulating resolver and cable functions go a long way toward helping you achieve this goal.

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2007 Machine Safeguarding Design Guide
This 2-volume Machine Safeguarding Design Guide offered by Omron STI includes over 200 pages of engineering and regulation data. The balance of the 1400 pages includes product specifications and selection guides for the following safety products: Light Curtains, Laser Scanners, Mats, Interlocks, Relays, Network Controllers, Contact Strips, Edges, Two Hand Controls, and Enabling Switches.

Rotameter Sizing Program
Yokogawa’s RotaMASS/Rotameter sizing program allows users to enter process data and size either for the variable area Rotameters or the RotaMASS Coriolis mass flowmeters.

Flowmeter installation DVD
Free DVD covers flowmeter location and orientation; mounting hardware connection; and installation practices for various Rosemount Annubar models. This is a great tool for anyone who wants to become acquainted with installation best practices for Annubar Flowmeters.

Sensors Resources
Web site maintains a list of on-line resources for sensors and instrumentation organized by industry (physics, biomedical, materials, standards, research centers, etc.) and topics, such as accelerometers, MEMS, sensor networks, etc.

How to specify liquid flowmeters...particularly for OEM projects
By Trevor Forster, Titan Enterprises
This article presents one view of the different techniques that can be used for liquid measurement; i.e., cost of ownership is often an issue for end users and suppliers but, for an OEM, maybe a better phrase should be “consequential costs of use.”

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Pressure Measurements With DAQ Systems
By National Instruments
Application note describes pressure sensors, explains how they work and details the requirements for measuring pressure and the signal conditioning required for the measurement. It also explains how to use NI DAQ systems to measure bridge-based sensors.

Acoustics monitoring prevents downtime at Shapfell Lime Quarry
Process and Control Today, August 2007
By John Houston, Editor
By carrying out regular condition monitoring checks on critical rotating plant and machinery, Corus Northern Engineering Services helped a limestone quarry in Cumbria maintain its output, efficiency and profitability.

Powering Tire Pressure Sensors
Sensors, July 2007
By Arthur L. Chait, EoPlex Technologies
In the interest of improved safety (and better gas mileage), tire pressure monitoring systems will soon be mandatory on cars. The challenge is how to power them.

Infrared camera checks pumping stations for flood prevention
Process and Control Today, July 2007
By John Houston, Editor
A FLIR Systems ThermaCAM P-series camera is used to inspect pumping stations in central Europe. It helped keep pumping stations up and running during the hazardous Spring 2006 floods in southwest Hungary.

Encoder Track Design Improves Position Control
DesignWorld, July 2007
By Tom Wyatt, HEIDENHAIN Corporation
Your choice of position encoders influences such important motor properties as positioning accuracy, speed stability, and bandwidth for drive command-signal response and disturbance rejection, as well as power loss and size.

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Smart Sensors Systems Design
November 5-9, 2007 Barcelona, Spain
Five-day engineering course describes modern developments and trends in the field of sensor systems and digital sensor design. Its background is based on programmable parameter-to-frequency (time) converters as a smart sensor core and structural-algorithmic methods for data extraction.

Smart Sensors Systems Design (Online Course)
The course will focus on the novel measuring methods and techniques to build full intelligent sensor systems, digital sensors, data acquisition and measuring systems with self-adaptation and self-identification possibilities. The online course consists of 481 slides divided into 14 parts. This course is suitable for engineers who design different digital and intelligent sensors, DAQ, and measurement systems.

BEI offers 'Industrial Encoders for Dummies'
Whether you are a novice or an expert on encoders, this free book will help you find out more about encoders.

Gas Monitors Online Training Course
This self-paced online training course covers all aspects of Gas Monitors. The subject is explained by means of text, rich graphics, Flash based animations, real-life plant photos and videos and interactive simulation exercises.

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• Siemens adds Profibus PA to Sitrans radar level transmitters
• Sensor Developments develops Torque Sensor
• Audon announces Poseidon 3266 monitor that sends email Alarms
• Sealevel adds wireless to SeaI/O DAQ systems
• Honeywell introduces HIH-4030/31 series humidity sensors
• Fluke updates InsideIR software
• Robert Owen expands ROI-XMA 4-20mA sensor transmitter
• Baumer announces optical level monitor
• Pepperl+Fuchs enhances Rhino inductive proximity sensors
• Pepperl+Fuchs introduces Series F31 Valve Position Sensors
• ifm efector iIntroduces O4 Series photoelectrics
• WIKA introduces DG-10 digital pressure gauge
• SICK STEGMANN introduces DKV 60 wheel encoder
• Pepperl+Fuchs introduces MLV41 photoelectric sensors
• Raytek introduces XR Infrared Thermometer
• Mettler-Toledo releases SWS310 tension weigh modules
• ASM Sensor introduces PRAS3 Angular Sensor
• Siemens introduces RD100 and RD200 remote displays

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ARC says pressure transmitter market to be $2.3B by 2011  
The market was $1.8 billion in 2006 and is forecasted to be over $2.3 billion in 2011, according to a new ARC Advisory Group study.

Omron appoints Gregg Holst President and COO  
He assumes the position immediately, filling a 10-month-long vacancy created by the death of the previous COO and President.

ARC says Coriolis flowmeter market to grow 12% annually  
The market was $650 million in 2006 and is forecast to be over $1.1 billion in 2011.

Honeywell completes acquisition of Enraf  
Honeywell acquired Enraf Holding B.V. in a deal valued at approximately $260 million.

Yokogawa expands HART agreement with Moore Industries  
The agreement now includes Moore's HCS HART Concentrator System. The HCS converts the digital signal from HART-based transmitters to a standard MODBUS RTU communication protocol.

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Endevco sensors ride Space Shuttle  
Endevco provided vibration sensors used in critical health management system controllers for the Space Shuttle Main Engines built by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne.

Differential Expansion Measurement For Didcot A Power Station
Process and Control Today, August 2007
By John Houston, Editor
One of the challenges facing instrumentation engineers in the power generation sector is the accurate measurement of shaft growth relative to casing on large steam turbine rotor sections.

Physik Instrumente gives $25,000 grant to Univ of VA for sensor research  
Scientists at the Department of Neuroscience will build a nanostimulator using piezo actuators and a 3-axis piezo nanopositioning stage that can reliably stimulate inner ear sensory hair cells.

Perpetuum powers TI devices by harvesting vibration energy  
PMG17 vibration energy-harvesting microgenerator can power TI's RF transceiver and microcontroller, paving the way for battery-free sensor operation.

Selex Torque sensor helps VTOL take off  
TorqSense non-contact digital torque sensor is used in a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle.

ISA Expo 2007
October 2-4, 2007 Houston, TX
Organized around six core automation and control themes, ISA EXPO 2007 provides attendees a content-rich environment that offers unlimited opportunity for exploration of key technologies, professional growth, and interaction with like minded professionals.

IEEE SENSORS 2007 Conference
October 28-31, 2007 Atlanta, Georgia
SENSORS 2007 is the international conference for the presentation, discussion, and exchange of information regarding research and development in sensors and its related fields.

Remote Monitoring & Onsite Power Show
November 6-7, 2007 Scottsdale, Arizona
Conference covers SCADA, DAQ, networking, wireless and onsite power generation for remote sites.

ISA Process Analytical Technology Conference
November 6-7, 2007 Research Triangle Park, NC.
The conference will focus on systems for designing, analyzing, and controlling manufacturing through timely measurement

The 2nd International Conference on Sensing Technology
November 26-28, 2007 Palmerston North, New Zealand
ICST 2007 provides a common forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in the area of sensing technology.

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