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IoT Sensors Address a Myriad of Industrial and Process-Control Apps

Aug. 24, 2022

IoT sensors measure pressure, temperature, humidity, oxygen, pH, chlorine, turbidity, and other parameters required for rugged applications in harsh environmental conditions.

David Maliniak

Related To: Microwaves & RF

The Overview

In expanding its line of sensors for IoT applications, L-com, an Infinite Electronics brand, now offers pinpoint-accurate devices for measuring pressure, temperature, humidity, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, pH, chlorine, and turbidity.

Who Needs It & Why?

IoT-connected sensors are hot in just about every industry, making these sensors a worthy candidate for rugged applications in harsh environmental conditions. Apps include industrial process and control, HVAC systems, water-treatment systems, building automation, chemical and food production, and more.

Under the Hood

L-com’s pressure and temperature sensors feature a micro-fused silicon strain gauge; a leak-free elastomer structure; integrated temperature compensation; independent pressure and temperature outputs; and robust resistance to shock, overload, and vibration. They’ll find uses in industrial process and control, automated detection, hydraulic and full-motion control, pumping stations, and water-treatment systems.

Also offered are more than two dozen new temperature sensors. Some feature a sensitive platinum resistance element inside a 316L stainless-steel probe and a laser-welded housing that's compatible with both gas and liquids. Some models have infrared sensors that offer continuous measurement without contacting the measured object, a 32-bit CPU, and an optimized lens for a more uniform beam and measurements within milliseconds. Also new is a selection of temperature switches, digital temperature transmitters, and compact infrared sensors for tight spaces.

These products are useful in ventilation, hydraulic, pneumatic, HVAC, water treatment, and automation system applications.

The company’s IoT-friendly temperature and humidity sensors include a duct-mount model for air-stream measurements, and two wall-mount sensors with RS-485/Modbus RTU output. Their applications include building automation, greenhouses, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and chemical production.

In its new SRWQ series, L-com offers five new sensors for gauging dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, pH, residual chlorine, and turbidity. These IoT sensors can be used in chemical production, food and beverage processing, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, desalination plants, petroleum refining, cooling towers and boilers, and treatment of water, sewage, and industrial waste.

L-com’s new IoT sensors are in stock and available for immediate shipment.

About the Author

David Maliniak | Executive Editor, Microwaves & RF

I am Executive Editor of Microwaves & RF, an all-digital publication that broadly covers all aspects of wireless communications. More particularly, we're keeping a close eye on technologies in the consumer-oriented 5G, 6G, IoT, M2M, and V2X markets, in which much of the wireless market's growth will occur in this decade and beyond. I work with a great team of editors to provide engineers, developers, and technical managers with interesting and useful articles and videos on a regular basis. Check out our free newsletters to see the latest content.

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In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy, leaving to rejoin the EOEM B2B publishing world in January 2020. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.