Web Links

Note - these links have not been checked in a couple of years, so they may not all work.

Search for sensor specifications

http://www.globalspec.com - search for specifications spec sheets provided in PDF form
http://www.motioncontrol.com - primarily links to manufacturer

Strain Gages, Force, Torque, and Load Cells

Hoop stress measurement in thin-walled pressure vessels - www.vishay.com/brands/measurements_group/guide/notebook/e1/e1.htm
Strain gage installation instructions - www.vishay.com/brands/measurements_group/guide/ib/b129/129index.htm
Strain gage soldering instructions - www.vishay.com/brands/measurements_group/guide/tt/tt609/609index.htm
Strain gages, installation procedures, tips - www.measurementsgroup.com
Load cells and applications - www.interfaceforce.com
Load cells, force, torque - www.ttloadcells.com

Equation Editor Tutorials

University of Waterloo (with video clips) - http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ec/equations/equation.html
PDF version from Springfield - www.south.springfield-city.k12.oh.us/academics/math/resources/equation_ed.pdf
Tips and Tricks from Design Science (requires free registration) - www.dessci.com/en/products/ee/eeform.asp

Electrical Filters

A Beginners Guide to Filter Topologies - www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/1762/ln/en
Analog Filter Design Demystified - www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/1795/ln/en

Data Acquisition Tutorials

EE at University of Pennsylvania - www.ee.upenn.edu/rca/software/Labview/daqlvOverview.html
Omega - Transactions on Data Acquisition - Analog I/O

Electric Motors and Controls

www.freescale.com/files/microcontrollers/doc/train_ref_material/MOTORPRINTUT.html - brief motor tutorials (nice animated GIF)
www.freescale.com/files/microcontrollers/doc/train_ref_material/MOTORTUT.html - brief motor control tutorials (nice animated GIF)
www.minarikcorp.com/300ACDCmotr.html - many different motor manufacturer specs - Bison, Hurst, Molon, Leeson, Hurst, API Motion, Globe
www.glentek.com - high performance servo amplifiers, servo motors
www.apimotion.com - motors and controllers (AC servo, DC servo, etc.)
www.robotics.com - easy-to-use, PC-based automation products

Stepper Motor Info

www.epanorama.net/links/motorcontrol.html - links to sites with techniques for controlling DC & stepper motors
www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/step/ - Stepper motor info (with links)
www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/stepper/ - - Stepper motor info (with links)
eio.com/jasstep.htm#intro - Intro to stepper motors
entcweb.tamu.edu/projects/labview/stepper/stepper.htm

Accelerometers

General Resources

www.srl.gatech.edu/education/ME3110/primer/ - Motors section
www.omega.com - general source for many types of instrumentation (easily searched!)
www.sensorsmag.com - magazine with articles and other links

Position, Velocity, and Acceleration Sensors

www.xbow.com - accelerometers, tilt sensors
www.entran.com - accelerometers
www.celesco.com - cable extension position transducers

Signal Conditioning and Data Acquisition

www.natinst.com - National Instruments data acquisition hardware and software
www.actionio.com - signal conditioning, modular data acquisition
www.keithley.com - data acquisition

Proximity Sensors

www.turck.com - proximity sensors (all types)
www.sickoptic.com - proximity sensors (all types)
www.hpsensors.com - ultrasonic proximity

Pneumatic and Hydraulic System Components

www.pumpschool.com - great tutorial/info on positive displacement pumps