Category: Automotive Case Studies

Automotive Case Studies features any of our products or applications that relate to vehicles. Vehicles may refer to Mack Trucks, Electric Cars, Hovercraft and even standard cars.

Many of our suppliers products relate to Automotive Applications. Such as, Dewesoft who specialises in vehicle testing analysis. By way of vehicle dynamics, durability, combustion analysis, electric and hybrid testing using their award winning data acquisition systems and software.

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The Applications of Wireless Sensor Nodes

What Are WSNs & What Do They Do? Wireless sensor nodes, also called wireless sensor networks (WSNs), are a group of small, low-cost and low-power devices equipped with sensors, processing units and wireless communication interfaces. These devices collect data from the …

Wireless Accelerometer

How Battery Powered Wireless Accelerometers Keep Rollercoasters Safe

Rollercoasters have been thrilling people since the first wooden coasters were built in the late 19th century. Over the years, rollercoasters have become more complex, faster, and more intense. With these improvements, however, comes an increased risk of accidents and injuries. …

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The Benefits Of Using a Reaction Torque Sensor

What is a Reaction Torque Sensor? A reaction torque sensor measures the amount of torque (rotational force) applied to a rotating shaft or component. Unlike other types of torque sensors, this sensor does not directly measure the torque applied to the …

DAQ Automotive Applications Front Cover

DAQ Automotive Applications

Dewesoft have released their DAQ Automotive Applications Case Study Booklet. Firstly, did you know Dewesoft’s Data Acquisition Hardware and Software products cover a huge range of Automotive testing applications?  And for all kinds of vehicles, cars, buses, tractors, race cars –  …

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Electric Dirt Bike Vs Gas Dirt Bike

This case study on an Electric Dirt Bike Vs Gas Dirt Bike Test & Comparison comes from our innovative friends at Dewesoft.  The original article was written by Valentino Pagliara, a support Engineer at Dewesoft S.r.L, Italy.  To read the original, …

Next Gen Telemetry Systems

Next Gen Telemetry Systems

Advanced Telemetrics International (ATi) have released their next gen of Telemetry Systems.  Firstly, these systems will offer up to 4 channels per transmitter.  Therefore, increasing the rotary channel density. Secondly, they have increased the analog bandwidth with a dynamic adjustment for …

DFM 400 Fuel Flow Meter

DFM 400 Fuel Flow Meter

Metromatics recently supplied our client with the Wagencontrol DFM 400 Fuel Flow Meter.  This Fuel Flow meter also came complete with telematics.  This feature allows our client to transmit fuel measurement data over a long distance.  As a result, our client …

FUTEK celebrates 10 years on Mars

FUTEK celebrates 10 Years on Mars

FUTEK celebrates 10 Years on Mars!  FUTEK is part of a historic milestone with the NASA JPL Curiosity Team.  It is the 10 year anniversary of the rover’s successful landing on Mars. Initially, Curiosity was to be sent to the Red …

Front Cover of Dewesoft Test Engineers Catalogue

Dewesoft Test Engineers Catalogue

We think the Dewesoft Test Engineers Catalogue might become a Desktop Icon for many Test Engineers. A Company built by Test Engineers Dewesoft is a company built by test engineers.  Before Dewesoft, these engineers faced measuring challenges (just like you) every …

Futek Pressure Sensor for Metromatics.

Pressure Sensors

What is a Pressure Sensor? Pressure sensors control and monitor thousands of everyday applications.  They can also indirectly measure other variables such as fluid/gas flow, speed, water levels and altitude. Pressure Sensors do this by measuring the force required to stop …