Abstract: A sensor device for detecting at least one physical variable, comprising a housing, at least one sensor element arranged in the housing, at least one circuit board arranged in the housing and comprising a circuit arrangement, and at least one input device arranged on the housing for carrying out input operations which are processed in the circuit arrangement to influence the sensor properties, is characterised in that the input device, to realise a touch-sensitive effect, comprises an actuation area, which is arranged on a housing wall and is permeable to electric fields, and a capacitive area, which is arranged on the circuit board or is formed as part of the circuit board, and in that the circuit board is arranged in the housing such that the capacitive area lies directly below the actuation area.

Abstract: An RFID antenna device (10) for emitting and/or receiving circularly polarised electromagnetic radiation, comprising a radiator unit (12) which has a radiator network (14) with multiple at least partially curved radiator portions (16) and an auxiliary antenna (20) which is galvanically isolated from the radiator network (14) and is inductively or capacitively coupled to the radiator network (14), a supply network unit (22) having a power division portion (26) with a device port and having at least one delay portion (28) which is electrically conductively connected to the power division portion (26) and is electrically conductively connected to the radiator portions (16), wherein the auxiliary antenna (20) is centrally located between the radiator portions (16). Further, an RFID sensor device comprising such an RFID antenna device (10).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for distributing a network stream from at least one data source to a plurality of processors or processor cores of a computing device. The computing device has a network card which supports the receive side scaling (RSS) function, wherein, when this function is activated, the network card or its device driver generates an RSS indirection table (25) in which there is stored, for each index, the number of a processor or processor core, which will process an incoming data packet assigned to this index, and subsequently the network card calculates a hash value for each incoming data packet and maps the hash value to an index in precisely this table, wherein the hash value is formed via the combination of source and destination IP addresses and ports and is thus static for the duration of the connection.

Abstract: The invention relates to an IO-Link system comprising at least one IO-Link master (1), at least one IO-Link device (2) and at least one IO-Link-capable infrastructure component (30). The at least one IO-Link master (1) and the at least one IO-Link device (2) are connected via the at least one infrastructure component (30) and exchange data via a data channel (K1). The infrastructure component (30) has an apparatus (61, 62) for recording diagnostic data. A diagnostic channel (K2) is provided in the IO-Link system, via which diagnostic channel (K2) the diagnostic data can be sent and received between the at least one infrastructure component (30) and the at least one IO-Link master (1) separately from the data channel (K1).

Abstract: A device for generating an image of an object by electromagnetic waves has a transmission device which is set up to radiate electromagnetic waves in the direction of the object, a receiving device which is set up to receive electromagnetic waves from the object, and a digital processing and control unit which is set up to generate image data of the object from the measured data. Here, the transmission device and the receiving device are arranged in at least one modular unit. The digital processing and control unit has an interface via which different modular units can be exchangeably coupled to the digital processing and control unit. Here, the interface is set up to transmit data to the modular unit and to receive from this, to transmit control signals to the transmission device and to the receiving device, and to supply the modular unit with energy.

Abstract: A method for detecting an edge of an object is carried out by means of a detection device (10), which has an emission region running along a first straight line and has a receiving region which runs along a second straight line, which is arranged in parallel to the first straight line. An emission subregion (11a-p) of the emission region is selected, which extends up to a first end of the emission region. Light is emitted from the emission subregion (11a-p) and a light signal of light reflected on the object is received in the receiving region. The emission subregion (11a-p) is then shifted along the first straight line in the direction of a second end of the emission region. Emitting, receiving and shifting are repeated until the emission subregion (11a-p) extends up to the second end at the start of the shifting step. A signal course is compiled from the received light signals, and the detection of the edge from the signal course is carried out.

Abstract: An inductive sensor (10) has a substrate (20), on which multiple transmitter/receiver coils (31, 32, 33) are arranged side by side. It can be operated in such a way that the transmitter/receiver coils (31, 32, 33) are each stimulated independently of one another at a frequency of more than 100 MHz.

Abstract: In a method for operating an absolute measuring position detection system having a sensor arrangement (100) and a single-track magnetic code object (105) with non-repeating code regions, wherein the sensor arrangement (100) is formed by a substantially linear arrangement of a plurality of magnetic field sensors (110), it is provided in particular that the relative position of the sensor arrangement (100) with respect to the respective code object (105) is determined by searching for a partial pattern which is most similar to a currently sensor-detected partial pattern on the basis of available reference data containing magnetic curve progressions or magnetic patterns of magnetic field vector components detected by sensors for the entire code object (105) depending on the position on the code object (105).

Abstract: An inductive sensor device has a coil arrangement and sensor electronics for determining a longitudinal position of an at least partially electrically conductive and/or magnetically polarizable object moveable at a distance from a device end face along a device sensitive axis. The arrangement has a substantially planar exciting coil for producing an alternating magnetic field for inducing eddy currents and/or magnetic polarization in the object and a first substantially planar receiving coil substantially parallel to and overlapping the exciting coil. The coils are substantially parallel to the end face. The sensor electronics determine at least one parameter of an exciting coil electrical signal, which is variable owing to an inductive backward effect of the object, at least one parameter of a voltage inducible in the at least first receiving coil based on this effect, and the longitudinal position from the determined signal parameter and the determined voltage parameter.

Abstract: An identification element (50) for a shank tool has an elastic inner ring (10) and an outer ring (20) arranged around the inner ring (10), said outer ring having a recess formed annularly in the outer ring. An RFID transponder is arranged in the recess. The inner ring (10) of the identification element (50) encloses a shank of the shank tool.

Abstract: A sensor device (16a-16d) is provided for monitoring a clamping force (F) exerted by a clamping element (11a-11d) of a clamping device (12a-12d) on a component (14), with at least one strain gauge (30a-30d), which can be arranged on a surface (90, 91) of the clamping element (11a-11d) of the clamping device (12a-12d) and is deformable under the clamping force (F), a transmission module unit (36) based on electromagnetic transmission technology connected to the at least one strain gauge (30a-30d) for detecting a voltage (U5) that is indicative of a deformation (f) of the at least one strain gauge (30a-30d), and an antenna element (38) connected to the transmission module unit (36) for transmitting a signal that is indicative of the detected voltage (U5), and for receiving electromagnetic energy for electrical supply of the transmission module unit (36) and at least one strain gauge (30a-30d).

Abstract: A multi-field zone proximity sensor (10) for measuring a distance (1) of an object (22) from the multi-field zone proximity sensor (10) The multi-field zone proximity sensor (10) has a housing (12) that includes an antenna structure (14) that is arranged in or close to a side (19) of the housing (12). The antenna structure (14) is set up for emitting an electromagnetic transmission free space wave (20) and for receiving an electromagnetic reflection wave (24) reflected on the object (22). The multi-field zone proximity sensor (10) has sensor electronics (16) which are set up to determine the distance (l) of the object (22) from the multi-field zone proximity sensor (10) based on the received reflection wave (24).

Abstract: An optical sensor device has a transmission unit for emitting light, a receiving unit for light emitted by the transmission unit, and an evaluation unit for evaluating a receive signal, which is based on the received light, wherein the emitted light is designed as a light pulse which is based on a transmission signal, which has a signal shape with a rising and/or falling flank, wherein the receive signal has substantially the same signal shape as the transmission signal, wherein the evaluation unit is suitable for scanning the receive signal at at least one scanning point in its rising and/or falling flank.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement for an absolute measuring position detection system based on a magnetic code object has a substantially linear arrangement of magnetic field sensors, wherein a bit pattern encoded on a single-track magnetic code object having a uniform bit length is readable by the magnetic field sensors. In the case of a position detection system having the sensor arrangement, the values of magnetic bits are detected in the range of a detected bit sequence and the position of each 0?1 and 1?0 bit transition along a longitudinal axis of a code object is determined from the detected bit values.

Abstract: An inductive sensor device has a coil arrangement and sensor electronics for determining a longitudinal position of an at least partially electrically conductive and/or magnetically polarizable object moveable at a distance from a device end face along a device sensitive axis. The arrangement has a substantially planar exciting coil for producing an alternating magnetic field for inducing eddy currents and/or magnetic polarization in the object and a first substantially planar receiving coil substantially parallel to and overlapping the exciting coil. The coils are substantially parallel to the end face. The sensor electronics determine at least one parameter of an exciting coil electrical signal, which is variable owing to an inductive backward effect of the object, at least one parameter of a voltage inducible in the at least first receiving coil based on this effect, and the longitudinal position from the determined signal parameter and the determined voltage parameter.

Abstract: In a method for operating a system, which has a plurality of sensors (21, 22, 23), the sensors (21, 22, 23) provide first sensor data (11) to a primary process (31). Furthermore, the sensors (21, 22, 23) provide second sensor data (12). At least a part of the first sensor data (11) and the second sensor data (12) is subjected to an analysis (13). A result (16) of the analysis (13) is used in at least one secondary process (33) of the primary process (31).

Abstract: A device for inductively transferring electrical energy and/or data from a primary-sided carrier to at least one secondary-sided recipient which can be positioned on the carrier has a meander-shaped winding on the primary side and at least one meander-shaped winding on the secondary side.

Abstract: A device for generating an image of an object by electromagnetic waves has a transmission device which is set up to radiate electromagnetic waves in the direction of the object, a receiving device which is set up to receive electromagnetic waves from the object, and a digital processing and control unit which is set up to generate image data of the object from the measured data. Here, the transmission device and the receiving device are arranged in at least one modular unit. The digital processing and control unit has an interface via which different modular units can be exchangeably coupled to the digital processing and control unit. Here, the interface is set up to transmit data to the modular unit and to receive from this, to transmit control signals to the transmission device and to the receiving device, and to supply the modular unit with energy.

Abstract: A magnetostrictive sensor apparatus is provided, comprising at least one magnetic position marker, at least one sensing member with a waveguide to which the at least one magnetic position marker is contactlessly coupled, a detector coil device which is associated with the at least one sensing member, a data processing device which determines a time profile with a shape over time of signals of the detector coil device, wherein a recording of the time profile is provided, and an analysis device which analyzes the time profile.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor housing, which has a base body (10) and a media contacting cap (20). The media contacting cap (20) is arranged partially in a recess (11) of the base body (10) in a detachable manner. It has an annularly running recess (21) for partially receiving a sealing element (60) for a metal clamp connection. Furthermore, the invention relates to a sensor. This has a measuring element (30), which is arranged in the media contacting cap (20) of the sensor housing.