Digital force sensors: Improved accuracy, higher reliability and new applications in production and test

State-of-the-art load cells digitalize force signals, resulting in practical advantages. Beyond significantly improved interference resistance, the technology can perform standard functions such as peak value detection or averaging. Due to the fixed connection between sensor and electronics, additional requirements can be met - for instance, the digital force transducer can issue warnings if the environmental conditions or force progression could damage the sensor, before any damage occurs. This comes along with cost advantages.