Subcategories

  • Switches
    Switches

    Switches, knobs, buttons, detectors and other all-or-nothing sensors with momentary contacts. These can be on-board sensors, decorative elements, customized or re-adapted objects and tools for mechanical installations.

  • Potentiometers
    Potentiometers

    Rotary potentiometers, sliders, joysticks, ribbons...

    • Position or angle measurement
    • Gradual analog response, whose intensity depends on the measurement
    • Contact-activated sensors

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  • Weight and contact pressure
    Weight and contact...

    Fine tactile sensors, resistive surfaces, load cells, strain gauges...

    • Measurement of pressure, force, weight, push, support position
    • Gradual analog response, intensity depending on the measurement
    • Touch-activated sensors
  • Bend & curvature
    Bend & curvature

    Bend, flexion or stretch sensors, worn on joints for dancing, inserted into mechanisms to detect movements...

    • Measuring curvature, bending
    • Gradual analog response, whose intensity depends on the measurement
    • Touch-activated sensors
  • Traction & Stretching
    Traction & Stretching

    Stretch, wire pulling, mecanical tension, traction, hanging, suspension sensors...

    • Traction, linear stretching, force measurement
    • Analog gradual response
    • Contact sensors
  • Dynamism and motion
    Dynamism and motion

    Dynamic sensors: measure the acceleration or speed of a movement. They are mounted on the moving element.

    • Measurement of speed, acceleration, angle of inclination (acceleration of gravity)
    • Gradual analog response, whose intensity depends on the measurement
    • Contact sensors

    Note: The compass is not dynamic, but is often used in the same circumstances as the inclinometer/accelerometer.

    Motion or speed sensors: fixed in a setting or location, they monitor movements within their range.

    • Speed measurement, motion detection
    • Complexe, analog response
    • Contactless sensor

  • Magnetism
    Magnetism

    Sensors using the magnetism of either the Earth (compass) or a magnet.

    • Distance or orientation measurements
    • Gradual, analog response, with intensity depending on measurement, except for Reed Switches which are all or nothing.
    • Sensors activated without contact

  • Capacitive effect
    Capacitive effect

    Magic sensors! Sensors operating with a conductive antenna, that can be accessible or concealed in an object.

    • Proximity and contact detection
    • Analog or all-or-nothing response
    • Remotely activated sensors
  • Mechanical waves
    Mechanical waves

    Mechanical waves: sound waves or waves propagating in materials.

    • Vibrations, breath, percussions, sound volume detection
    • Gradual analog response, whose intensity depends on the measurement
    • Sensors activated remotely, or with a contact but at a distance from the sensor !

  • Infrared waves
    Infrared waves

    Sensors based on infrared electromagnetic waves: heat (far infrared) and light (near IR). Even though they use waves, these sensors measure other parameters such as distance.

    • Distance measurement, passage, motion detection, light barriers
    • Analog, graduated, or on/off response depending on model
    • Contactless, remote-activated sensors.

  • Lumière visible
    Lumière visible
  • Atmosphère
    Atmosphère

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