element14 launches Inductive Sensing Challenge
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The LDC1000 enables inductive sensing by utilising coils and springs as inductive sensors to deliver better performance, reliability and greater flexibility than existing sensing solutions, and at a lower system cost and power.
This contactless, magnet-free sensing technology can measure the position, motion, or composition of a metal or conductive target, as well as detect the compression, extension or twist of a spring. The possibilities for using inductive sensing technology are endless.
Common applications of inductive sensors include automobiles, traffic lights, metal detectors, medical devices, computers, a staggering array of consumer electronics and a variety of automated industrial processes. One proposal seeks to use inductive sensing to analyse traffic patterns, while another will use the technology to ensure metals used in building construction are safe – a potentially life-saving application.
The challenge begins with a qualifying period which ends on April 14, during which potential participants submit their design ideas. On Wednesday April 9th at 3pm GMT, element14 and Texas Instruments will lead a webinar on inductive sensing as a technology, as well as an introduction to the LDC1000 and a number of application examples for the device.
Once the qualifying phase ends, selected competitors will be sent products and begin building their designs. They will also develop blog posts addressing their ideas, what inspires them and what their key challenges might be. The competition will conclude on Friday, August 22, 2014.
The winner will be chosen by a vote on the award-winning element14 Community, which offers design engineers a space to share project concepts with its members. The grand prize winner and “People’s Choice” winner will each receive a 128G iPad Air.
Visit the element14 Community at https://www.element14.com/community/groups/sensor-technology.
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