SMART SENSORS

Microcomputer-organized engine controls for passenger cars are now an established fact. The sensors for these controls are still rather crude, and will be challenged during the 1980's by more advanced designs incorporating sophisticated electronics. The author describes the advantages for the control system, and for the sensor itself, which can be realized when a sensor is "smart" -- designed from its inception to incorporate a dedicated real-time microcomputer. The increasing availability and use of such smart sensors is predicted.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sensors and Actuators (1983) SP-536. International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 28-March 4, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Wolber, W G
• Publication Date: 1983-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1-10
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
  • Publisher: Canada Centre for Remote Sensing

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Electronic control; Electronics; Microcomputers; Sensors; Spark ignition engines; Vehicle power plants
• Old TRIS Terms: Electronic engine control
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00372766
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 830100, HS-034 351
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1983 12:00AM