========================================================================= Welcome to Sensors Web Portal INTERNATIONAL FREQUENCY SENSORS ASSOCIATION (IFSA) NEWSLETTER http://www.sensorsportal.com October 22, 2002 ========================================================================= This monthly e-newsletter, written by the editors of Sensors & Transducers e-Digest, delivers the product and research news you asked for, and updates you on happenings in the sensor science and industry. Who should read this Newsletter ? All who are interested in the newest information and trends in sensors, transducers, MEMS and sensor instrumentation, including DAQ. ========================================================================= I. 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Monthly Sensors Web Portal Up-date Briefs: NEWS: * New issue of Sensors & Transducers e-Digest, No.10, October 2002 is in DIGEST section http://www.sensorsportal.com/HTML/DIGEST/New_Digest.htm 1) Miniature, High Sensitivity Piezoresistive Pressure Transducer; 2) High Resonance Frequency and Zero Damping Piezoresistive Accelerometer; 3) Rack-Mountable Signal Conditioner for Centralized Control of Multiple Units; 4) Hopkinson Bar Shock Calibration Services Now Available from Endevco; 5) HMC1055 Chip Set with the Elements to Design a Three-Axis Magnetic Compass; 6) The World's First Programmable Hall Sensor. Deadline for articles and press releases for the next issue of S&T e-Digest is 22 November 2002. 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