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Sensors capture real world data about its environment such as pressure, temperature, luminosity, acceleration, linear motion, magnetic field, and convert them to electrical signals.

SunMan can develop and integrate systems for the following applications:

Aerospace & Military Equipment
Automotive Systems
Consumer Electronics
Medical Devices
Avionics Systems
Industrial & Manufacturing Controls
Agriculture & Forestry
Energy Exploration
Freight & Logistics

Types of Sensors SunMan’s Expertise Include (click for more information):

Acoustic, Sound, and Vibration Sensors
Automotive, Transportation
Chemical Sensors
Electric Current, Electric Potential, Magnetic, and Radio
Environment, Weather, Moisture
Flow, Fluid Velocity
Ionizing Radiation, Subatomic particles
Navigation Instruments
Position, Angle, Displacement, Distance, Speed, and Acceleration
Optical, Light, Imaging, Photon
Pressure
Force, Density, Level
Thermal, Heat, Temperature
Proximity, and Presence Sensors

Our team has worked with many types of sensors including those mounted on a PCB as well as off-board sensors. We have designed and integrated numerous types of systems, using various types of sensors. SunMan will review all the specifications and accuracy of the sensor, how the sensor output signal varies with environmental factors such as temperature and power supply voltage, as well as the best way to interface it to the electronics.

SunMan’s team has proven expertise in the design of various controllers that take and process signals from sensors.

Acoustic, Sound & Vibration Sensors

Acoustic sensors detect sound via means of using microphones, or other types of filters. Surface acoustic wave sensors are a class of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) which rely on the modulation of surface acoustic waves to sense. Types of Acoustic, Sound, and Vibration Sensors SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Geophone
Hydrophone
Lace Sensor
Guitar Pickup
Microphone
Seismometer
surface acoustic wave sensor

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Automotive Sensors

Automotive Sensors capture data about an automobile such as pressure, air and coolant temperature, speed, acceleration, linear motion, timing, and convert them to electrical signals, then interpreted by the automobile’s ECU. Types of Automotive Sensors SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Air-Fuel Ratio Meter
Blind Spot Monitor
Crankshaft Position Sensor
Feeler Sensors
Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor
Hall Effect Sensor
O2 Sensor
Parking Sensors
Radar Speed Detection
Speedometer
Speed Sensor
Throttle Position Sensor TPS
Tire Pressure Monitoring Sensor
Torque Sensor/Torque Meter
Transmission Fluid Temperature Sensor
Turbine Speed Sensor TSS
Input Speed Sensor IIS
Variable Reluctance Sensor
Vehicle Speed Sensor
Water Sensor/Water in Fuel Sensor
Wheel Speed Sensor

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Checmical Sensors

A chemical sensor is a device that transforms chemical information, ranging from the concentration of a specific sample component to total composition analysis, into an analytically useful signal. The chemical information, may originate from a chemical reaction of the analyte or from a physical property of the system investigated. Types of Chemical Sensors SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Breathalyzer
CO2 Sensor
CO Sensor
Catalytic Bead Sensor
Chemical field-effect Transistor
Electrochemical Gas Sensor
Electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor sensor
Fluorescent Chloride Sensors
Holographic Sensor
Hydrocarbon Dew Point Analyzer
Hydrogen Sensor
H2S Sensor
Infrared point sensor
Ion-selective electrode
Nondispersive IR sensor
Microwave chemistry sensor
N2O sensor
Olfactometer
Optode
O2 Sensor
Pellistor
pH glass electrode
Potentiometric Sensor
Redox Electrode
Smoke Detector
Zinc Oxide nanorod sensor
CO2 detector

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Electric, Magnetic, and Radio Sensors

Electric current, electric potential, magnetic, and radio sensors are used in many different common instrumentations, as well as high end aerospace applications. Electrical current sensors detect the flow of current along an electrical wire by measuring the magnetic field that is set up by the flow of electrical current. Types of electric current, electric potential, magnetic, and radio sensors that SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Current sensor
Electroscope
Galvanometer
Hall effect sensor
Hall probe
Magnetic anomaly sensor
Magnetometer
MEMS magnetic field sensor
Metal Detector
Planar Hall sensor
Radio direction finder
Voltage detector

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Environmental Sensors

A Environmental sensor is a device that measures or detects a real-world condition, such as moisture, gas or other environmental content and converts the condition into an analog or digital representation. Types of environmental sensors that SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Actinometer
Moisture alarm
Ceilometer
Electrochemical gas sensor
Fish counter
Frequency domain sensor
Gas detector
Hook gauge evaporimeter
Humistor
Hygrometer
Leaf sensor
Pyranometer
Pyrgeometer
Rain gauge
Rain sensor
Seismometers
SNOTEL
Snow gauge
Soil moisture sensor
Stream gauge
Tide gauge

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Flow Sensors

A flow sensor is a device for sensing the rate of fluid flow. Typically a flow sensor is the sensing element used in a flow meter, or flow logger, to record the flow of fluids. As is true for all sensors, absolute accuracy of a measurement requires a functionality for calibration. Types of flow sensors that SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Air flow meter
Anemometer
Flow sensor
Mass flow sensor
Water meter

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Radiation Sensors

Ionizing Radiation Sensors are devices for detecting the presence and sometimes the amount of radiation. A Geiger-Müller detector counts the number of radioactive particles reaching it and can be designed to detect cosmic radiation. An ionization chamber collects the ion pairs formed by the passage of radiation through the device. Types of radiation sensors that SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Bubble Chamber
Cloud Chamber
Geiger Counter
Neutron Detection
Particle Detector
Scintillation Counter
Scintillator
Wire Chamber

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Navigation Sensors

Navigation sensors have made their way in to our daily lives. They are included in many different instrumentations including smart phones, cars, aircraft, and marine transport vessels. They also play a critical role in defense and military applications. Types of navigation sensors that SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Air speed indicator
Altimeter
Altitude Indicator
Depth Gauge
Fluxgate compass
Gyroscope
Inertial Navigation System
Inertial reference unit
Magnetic Compass
MHD Sensor
Ring Laser Gyroscope
Turn Coordinator
Variometer
Vibrating Structure Gyroscope
Yaw Rate Sensor

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Position, Angle, Speed and Distance Sensors

Many common sensors fall into the Position, angle, displacement, distance, speed, and acceleration sensors category. These sensors now are part of our daily lives, as they are now an integral part of smartphones, and other mobile devices. Types of sensors that SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Accelerometer
Auxanometer
Capacitive displacement sensor
Capacitive Sensing
Free Fall sensor
Gravimeter
Gyroscopic sensor
Inclinometer
Integrated Circuit piezoelectric sensor
Laser Rangefinder
laser surface velocimeter
LIDAR
Linear Encoder
LVDT
Liquid capacitive inclinometers
Odometer
Photoelectric Sensor
Piezoelectric accelerometer
Position Sensor
Rate Sensor
Rotary Encoder
Rotary variable differential transformer
Selsyn
Tilt Sensor
Tachometer
Ultrasonic thickness gauge
Variable reluctance sensor
Velocity receiver

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Optical, Light, Imaging, and Photon Sensors

An optical sensor is a device, such as a photoelectric cell, that receives and responds to light. SunMan has developed many systems and instruments using optical sensors and LED lighting for aerospace, and military applications. Types of optical sensors that SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Charged couple device
Colorimeter
Contact Image Sensor
Electro-optical Sensor
Flame Sensor
Infrared Sensor
Kinetic Inductance Detector
LED as Light Sensor
Light Addressable Potentiometric Sensor
Nichols radiometer
Fiber optic sensors
Optical position sensor
Photodetector
Photodiode
Photomultiplier tubes
Phototransistor
Photoelectric Sensor
Photoionization detector
Photomultiplier
Photoresistor
Photoswitch
Phototube
Scintillometer
Shack-Hartmann
Single-photon Avalanche Diode
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detector
Transition Edge Sensor
Visible Light Photon Counter
Wavefront Sensor

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Pressure Sensors

A pressure sensor measures pressure, typically of gases or liquids. Pressure is an expression of the force required to stop a fluid from expanding, and is usually stated in terms of force per unit area. A pressure sensor usually acts as a transducer; it generates a signal as a function of the pressure imposed. Types of pressure sensors that SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Barograph
Barometer
Boost Gauge
Bourdon Gauge
Hot Filament Ionization Gauge
Ionization Gauge
McLeod Gauge
Oscillating U-tube
Permanent Downhole Gauge
Piezometer
Pirani Gauge
Pressure Sensor
Pressure Gauge
Tactile Sensor
Time Pressure Gauge

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Force, Density, and Level Sensors

A Force Sensor is a sensor that converts an input mechanical force into an electrical output signal. Force Sensors are also commonly known as Force Transducers. Types of force sensors that SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Air flow meter
Bhangmeter
Hydrometer
Force Gauge
Level Sensor
Load Cell
Magnetic Level Gauge
Nuclear Density Gauge
Piezoelectric Sensor
Strain Gauge
Torque Sensor
Viscometer

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Thermal, Heat, and Temperature Sensors

A thermal sensor is a device that detects temperature. Thermal sensors are found in many laptops and desktop PCs in order to sound an alarm when a certain temperature has been exceeded. Types of thermal sensors that SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Bolometer
Bimetallic Strip
Calorimeter
Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge
Flame Detection
Gardon Gauge
Golay Cell
Heat Flux Sensor
Infrared Thermometer
Microbolometer
Microwave Radiometer
Net Radiometer
Quartz Thermometer
Resistance Temperature Detector
Resistance Thermometer
Silicon Bandgap Temperature Sensor
Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
Temperature GAuge
Thermistor
Thermocouple
Pyrometer

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Proximity and Presence Sensors

A proximity sensor is a sensor able to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The maximum distance that this sensor can detect is defined “nominal range”. Some sensors have adjustments of the nominal range or means to report a graduated detection distance. Types of thermal sensors that SunMan has Expertise in Include:

Alarm Sensor
Doppler Radar
Motion Detector
Occupancy Sensor
Proximity Sensor
Passive Infrared Sensor
Reed Switch
Stud Finder
Triangulation Sensor
Touch Switch
Wired Glove

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