MAS.836 - Sensor Systems for Interactive Environments

Spring 2022

GitHub

Readings & Useful links:

• General Electronics:
• How to Bias an Op-Amp (pdf)
• Bandlimited Sampling Survey (pdf)
• LM13700 OTA (pdf)
• Pressure, Force:
• Interlink FSR Guide (pdf)
• TekScan Paper (pdf)
• Additional readins
• Pressure, strain, & Piezoelectrics:
• MSI Piezo Guide (pdf), (P. 2-4, 27-31 and 36-42 in particular)
• Piezo Systems Inc. (link) (Follow the Technical information link for good references)
• Additional readins
• Electric Field and Capacitive:
• Additional readins. Links to papers are inside presentation
• Capacitive Applications & Magnetic Sensing:
• Paper on Polhemus tracker technologies
• Paper on Buxton's capacitive trackpad
• Inertial Sensing:
• Additional readins
• Miscellaneous:
• A free circuit simulation tool: falstad
• An excellent reference book for Op Amp design: Texas Instruments "Op Amps For Everyone"
• A simple tool for designing active filters using voltage-feedback opamps from Analog Devices: Interactive Design Tools: OpAmps : Active Filter Synthesis