ADVERTORIAL TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION Sensor Protection


ensors are used everywhere in the world. Whether they are battery driven or powered from the grid, it is important to have suitable protection for electronics.


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New SGD 8-inch Letterbox format TFT from RDS


compact 8 inch, 1600x480 letterbox TFT display with features which include; IPS, 85 degree viewing angles and no colour inversion is now available from RDS. At 500 cd/m2 it’s ideal for automotive, switchpanels and digital signage. This new SGD display is ideal for automotive smart- rear-view mirrors. These devices are letterbox format screens that can display not only a simple rear-view but also other information such as tyre pressures, SAT-NAV and communications status. This letterbox display is a transmissive type, colour active matrix TFT (Thin Film Transistor) liquid crystal display (LCD) that uses amorphous silicon TFT as a switching device. It’s overall size of 208mm (w) x 73mm (h) and its 5.4mm depth makes it ideal where space is limited. The panel operates from a 2.8-3.5V supply, displaying 16.7 Million colours (8 bit).


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SCHURTER offers such SMD fuses for primary and secondary protection. These fuses stand out due to their compact design, low power dissipation and a tight time tolerance for tripping. Sensors of various types help monitor and control processes.


They relieve people of tasks, particularly in dangerous environments,and simplify work processes. Often sensors are equipped with a sort of "intelligence" in the form of electronics that process the sensor signal. Further, many sensors have a communications interface so they can transfer data over a network to a central computer. The application range of sensors is equally large and continues to grow:


smoke alarms, temperature sensors, humidity sensors,


motion detectors, level


detectors, smart meters as well as flow and volume metering are just a few of the application areas,


whereby this list could continue


indefinitely. Smart meters provide one of many applications for sensors.


Many sensors are fed with power independent of the power grid. Instead, they have either a battery or get the required energy from an autonomous system, for example a solar system. In order to function in such autonomous systems, sensors must meet equally high requirements, which among other things, include maintenance requirements and the desired service life. Accordingly, battery operated devices should consume as little power as possible so as to achieve a long, maintenance-free operating time. Further,


effective overcurrent protection is essential for providing the necessary protection of sensitive components in case of a malfunction. Among the safety-related technical aspects are a short, precise response time and high reliability in both low and high temperatures of course over the entire service life of the sensor. A compact form factor and a good price/performance ratio are additional key criteria.Smoke detector reliability and long life are important properties.


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