Resonant Ferrofluidic Inclinometers: New Sensing Strategies

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1179-1182

  Ando B ^a   Ascia, A ^a   Baglio, S ^a   Pitrone, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICE SENSITIVITY; DUTY CYCLES; EXCITATION COILS; NEW STRATEGY; OUTPUT SIGNAL; PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATIONS; READOUT MECHANISM; SECONDARY COILS; SENSING TOOLS; SENSOR BEHAVIOR;

SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

SENSORS;

EID: 67649971238     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2008.4716652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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