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Video Demo Of Smart Sensor Application

To better inform engineers of the advantages of using its Smart position sensor, Honeywell has added a streaming video demonstration of the new sensors to its website. The video highlights the sensor's ability to improve safety, operational efficiency, reliability, durability and reduce total cost of ownership.

The 6:30 minute video allows engineers to see how the Smart position sensor works and the technology behind it, including the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), magnetoresistive (MR) bridges, CAN bus circuit, printed circuit board assembly, and built-in redundancy.

Scheduled to be introduced in late 2009, Honeywell's Smart position sensor has the ability to self-calibrate through its patented combination of an ASIC and an array of MR sensors to determine the position of a magnet attached to a moving object. This enhances the accuracy and reliability of the calculation of positioning information in a variety of industrial and transportation applications, the company said. The sensor is available in three configurations: linear (senses the position of a magnet relative to the sensor from 0 to 200 mm), arc (0 to 100°) and rotary (0° to 360°).

The video can be viewed at www.honeywell.com/sensing.