Shock sensor captures the full pulse in high-impact environments

Acceleration measures in high-velocity impact and penetration environments require damped piezoresistive (PR) shock sensors to capture the complete pulse width and avoid extraneous out-band frequencies.

These high-g accelerometer signals can now be provided by a single surface-mount triaxial package embedded in the circuitry of a shock recorder. This configuration replaces the mounting of three discrete conventional single axis packages, routing and handling their individual cables, and attempting to get shockproof connections.

PCB Piezotronics manufactures sensors, signal conditioning instrumentation and cables to combat the challenges of the defence industry.