AUBURN, MA – Nano precision motion industry company PI (Physik Instrumente) LP has released the new model E-619, a high-power piezo amplifier designed to drive high-capacitance multilayer piezo ...

Containing both the sensor and airborne amplifier in onesmall package, the Model 7257AT hermetically sealed piezoelectric accelerometerfrom Endevco is intended for vibration measurements on ...

Piezoelectric power, or electricity produced in response to applied mechanical stress, keeps popping up on our radar. Recently, we looked at a French city’s plan to implant piezoelectric microsensors ...

I’ve been fascinated by mechanical wrist watches since I was a child. In this post I’m going to talk about wrist watches and electronics! This post explains an easy electronics technique to test some ...

This video shows the ‘Piezoelectric Effect’. The word "piezo" was derived from the Greek word for pressure. In 1880, Jacques and Pierre Curie discovered that pressure produces electrical charges in ...

One hard disk recently failed in the EEVBlog laboratory’s NAS. Keeping true to his catch phrase, [Dave “Tear it Apart” Jones] opened it up and gave us an inside tour of a modern hard disk drive. There ...

Motion-device functionality is influenced by a myriad of design requirements. Consider medical-instrument manufacturing: The research, design, modeling, testing, prototyping, and FDA and EU approvals ...

Use of piezo-based sensors that save power thanks to harvesting capabilities. Retinal projection creating a new AR experience. Dealing with EMC. Diverse technologies are coalescing to create numerous ...