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CHAPTER 8: GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
CHAPTER 8: GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Pages 96-100
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CONCLUSIONS Trends in Sensor Technology Current sensor development is tending toward increased complexity in sensor systems. The greater flexibility and lower production cost associated with advanced, integrated electronic technology allows computer processing that once required large and sophisticated signal processing systems to be reduced to a microelectronic chip; for example, smart sensors have transduction, signal amplification, filtering, and other processing on a single substrate.
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Experience in establishing centers of excellence for sensor deveZopment provides useful guidelines for improving sensor R&D strategy. Four characteristics appear to be essential: a multidisciplinary approach with emphasis on teamwork; capabilities ranging from an initial proof of concept, exploratory and developmental research through engineering prototypes; focus on selected sensor technologies for a broadly defined range of applications in line with the core competencies of the organization (i.e., not attempting to cover the entire field of sensor technology and the associated diversity of sensor materials)
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The committee recommends that the communication tool be used in conjunction with additional information on technical riski and potential payoff in developing a decision-making methodology to guide sensor materials R&D. Guidelines to facili 98 late such R&D planning could include the following steps: · a systematic approach to identifying research opportunities based on a comparison of requirements to available technologies; · realistic assessment of technical risk and challenges; · an estimate of potential benefits; and · effective communication of sensing needs and capabilities across the diverse technical disciplines involved in sensor development.
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reached a similar conclusion in the context of electrochemical sensor development:"Sensor technology is multidisciplinary, both in the assembly and characterization of the sensing element and in the fitting of the element into the specific system in the field. Manufacturers of instruments often do not have specialist teams with adequate breadth to develop novel techniques into commercial devices.
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