Linear Displacement Sensor: 100 mm (4 inch)

Highlights

Accuracies to +/- 1% Full Scale
Displacement sensors available in 10 mm, 25 mm, 50 mm and 100mm conifgurations.
They all have spring loaded tips
You can get them with USB output with our DI-1000U-5V interfaces
You can get Wireless output with DI-1000ZP-5V or DI-1000WiFi or DI-1000BLE-5V all of which includes a rechargeable battery built into the unit
If you need larger range, please take a look at our iSP Series String pot displacement sensors which also can be mated to the DI-1000 WiFi, BLE or Xbee devices for wireless or USB output
If you need higher precision, please look at our iDisp Series Digital Displacement Gages with USB Output

Mounting Attachments

The sensors come with basic mounting clip and screws as shown above

iLVDT Displacement Sensor

These displacement sensors are essentially linear potentiometers with a simple three wire output configuration:

- Power - DC Voltage
- Ground
- Output Voltage

In a typical application you will supply 5V DC to the sensor and you will get an outptut voltage typically between 0 and 5 V from zero to full scale displacements. If you supply 10 VDC, the output voltage will be between 0 and 10 V. We provide a calibration certificate with each order shipped.

These displacement sensors can be used in standalone analog mode (with a DC power supply) or can be combined with our DI-1000 24-bit Digital Interface to get either USB or Wireless output directly on your PC using our SensorVUE software.

These LVDTs can be used for measuring linear displacements in your projects with an accuracy of about +/- 1% of full range. When used together with our Force or Weight measurement sensors, you can get a Force vs. Displacement curve easily using our digital interfaces with USB or Wireless output and our SensorVUE software which lets you display, log and plot data from multiple types of sensors.

Here is a video demo of the iLVDT Sensor:

Displacement Sensor - Analog Configuration

Displacement Sensor - USB Configuration

One iLVDT displacement sensor
One DI-1000U 24-bit digital load cell interface
Single-channel SensorVUE software

Displacement Sensor - Wireless Configuration

One iLVDT displacement sensor
One DI-1000ZP wireless digital load cell interface
Single-channel SensorVUE software

Force & Displacement Measurement Solutions with USB Output

You can combine any USB load cell solution we offer with a USB displacement measurement solution as shown below to quickly put together a system that allows you to simultaneously measure both force and displacement on a PC. Our SensorVUE solution allows you to display, log and plot data from both force and displacement sensors within a single program and a single log file with user selectable time intervals.

One iLVDT displacement sensor
One RAS1 Load Cell with Rod Ends
One DI-1000U 24-bit digital load cell interface
One DI-1000U-5V digital load cell interface
Single-channel SensorVUE software

Force & Displacement Measurement Solutions with Wireless Output

You can combine any of the wireless load cell solution we offer with a wireless displacement measurement solution as shown below to quickly put together a system that allows you to simultaneously measure both force and displacement on a PC wirelessly. Our SensorVUE solution allows you to display, log and plot data from both force and displacement sensors within a single program and a single log file with user selectable time intervals. The DI-1000ZP wireless interface comes with a rechargeable battery for truly cordless operation up to 1000 feet away from a PC.

One iLVDT displacement sensor
One RAS1 Load Cell with Rod Ends
One DI-1000ZP 24-bit digital load cell interface
One DI-1000ZP-5V digital load cell interface
Single-channel SensorVUE software

SensorVUE Software

Our SensorVUE software allows you to mix and match different kinds of sensors and display, log and plot all of them within a single interface. It can handle force and displacement sensors simultaneously as shown below. It can not only show multiple force sensors and one displacement sensors as a Value vs. Time plot, but in additional it can also plot Force vs. Displacement plots and allow a user to characterize material properties! This allows you to create a simple, inexpensive self made universal testing machine at a much lower cost than what one can purchase it for in the market.

Application Development

If you are looking to develop your own custom software application, our digital USB wired and wireless load cell/displacement sensor interfaces offer convenient ASCII commands to obtain displacement information directly from the sensors without need for any signal conditioning or data processing.

With just a few commands you'll be able to incorporate force/displacement information into your application.

You can use Visual Basic, Visual C++, Matlab, LABView or any other application development environment to create your custom applications with our displacement sensor interfaces.

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