Here’s your useful and beautiful circuit for the day — [New Pew]’s vibration sensor takes manual control of the flip-flop inside a 555 timer and lights an LED in response. Use it to detect those ...

The idea behind this compact and economical Vibration Sensor Alarm is very simple. It uses a cheap and cheerful vibration sensor to drive a piezo-sounder. As can be seen in the circuit diagram, it is ...

The ability to measure, monitor, and analyze vibration is essential to many industries and areas of research & development. Unfortunately, the proper methods for creating an accurate and repeatable ...

This article explains how recent advancements in MEMS technology have pushed accelerometer sensors to the forefront, rivalling piezoelectric sensors in condition-based monitoring applications. We will ...

Across the web, there are countless designs for shock/vibration sensors for automobile antitheft alarms, door/window break detector alarms, and almost any other security alarm you can think of. Many ...

A new advance in vibration monitoring, developed with EPRI, facilitates the measurement of torsional vibration and is expected to be of significant value to power plants relying on a wide range of ...

Using factory automation to improve overall efficiency is a primary focus in today’s manufacturing industry. Organizations are shifting in this direction not only because it increases their bottom ...

Sorting out pills is a mildly tedious task, and one that’s ripe for a bit of automation. It’s a task that [Mellow] has taken on enthusiastically, with the result of an extremely well-designed ...