Which Type of Pressure Sensor is Right for Your Application?
Friday, July 2nd, 2010One of the advantages of capacitive tactile pressure sensors is the wide variety of design options available for materials and shapes. Â At Pressure Profile Systems, we take advantage of this through our four types of pressure sensor construction.
STRETCHABLE for TactArrays & FingerTPS
· Made of extremely soft and conductive Lycra
· Stretches 10% with negligible baseline shift· Thicker sensor, more limited in layout options
STRETCHABLE PRESSURE SENSOR for TactArrays & FingerTPS
· Made of extremely soft and conductive Lycra
· Stretches 10% with negligible baseline shift
· Thicker sensor, more limited in layout options
CONFORMABLE PRESSURE SENSOR for TactArray & ConTacts
· Soft and flexible conductive cloth
· Moldable to multi-curved surfaces
· Low-to-moderate pressures
INDUSTRIAL PRESSURE SENSOR for TactArray, ConTacts, & DigiTacts
· Flat and rigid Kapton construction
· Excellent for high temperatures and pressures
· Thinnest sensor material
HYBRID PRESSURE SENSOR for TactArray, DigiTacts, RoboTouch, & PulseTact
· Kapton base with cloth upper electrode
· Suitable for very complex designs
· Low-to-moderate pressures
Whatever your needs, PPS engineers will work with you to design the most appropriate tactile pressure sensor for your application.








