Video description: tretrrserersserser
Repeatability of this sensor can be seen on the optical power meter (right) by the comparison of the values in dBm at one side of tilt (tilt to the right) and at the other side of the tilt (tilt to the left) where the values on the display are periodically changing from approx. -11.7 dBm to approx. -26 dBm.
High sensitivity sensor: 10° tilting change (from -5° to +5°) gives approx. 14 dBm change. It means that sensitivity is here higher than 1.4 dBm per 1°. Sensitivity of this tilting sensor is set for a medium level, it can be customized for much higher or much lower levels of sensitivity.
Usability of this tilting sensor is widespread as its sensitivity and ruggedness are highly customizable.
Applications of this tilting sensor can be seen in the following:
- construction industry (high-rise buildings, bridges, tunnels …)
- large mechanical equipment (turbines, ….)
- transport industry (high-speed trains, ships, planes, cars, ….)
via the usage of “additional” software for tilt recording and processing this sensor can be used in conjunction with GPS system in order to compare measurement results and thus reliability of at least two completely different measurement methods (for example, both measurement methods can record sequential tilting of high speed train along its traveling track and then they can be mutually compared in order to see what they say about the tilt of the train at any section of its track)
Further advantages of this sensor are:
- low energy consumption
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highly customized sensitivity
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different level of ruggedness
- electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
