| The automotive industry has gone along way in | | | | means the driver will loose control over the car. This |
| terms of developments made in the design and | | | | will then translate to heightened risk of being involved |
| performance of automobiles. Year after year, | | | | in an accident. |
| different car makers introduce more and more | | | | With more and more car buyers looking for safety |
| feature on their cars not only to appease their | | | | features on vehicles, car manufacturers continually |
| customers but also to provide good performance and | | | | improve the safety of their vehicle. To improve the |
| enhanced safety. | | | | safety of a car, certain features are added to it like |
| Currently, more and more electronic control systems | | | | electronic stability control. The system is designed to |
| are being employed in the production of automobiles. | | | | aid a driver on situations where there is a possibility |
| In the production of the said advanced features, | | | | of one loosing control of the steering system. |
| sensors play key roles. | | | | The ESC as it is called helps the driver by controlling |
| The most common areas of a vehicle which is | | | | oversteer and understeer and also controlling the |
| equipped with the electronic control systems are the | | | | amount of pressure exerted on the brakes. With this |
| safety and driver convenience features. For these to | | | | technology, drivers face less risk of oversteering or |
| function properly, the presence of sensors is vital. | | | | understeering their car. In this technology, sensors |
| These sensors act as switches for other | | | | also play a major role since they are the components |
| electronically controlled feature of a system in an | | | | which tells the main electronic control whether the |
| automobile. | | | | driver is steering properly or putting excessive force |
| As a result of the increasing demand for advanced | | | | on the steering wheel as well as the brakes. |
| safety and driver convenience features, the demand | | | | Sensors are widely used in an automobile. Different |
| for sensors also increases. These sensors are | | | | systems of a car use sensors. There are sensors |
| commonly used to detect position, displacement, | | | | that measure the pressure inside the combustion |
| rotary position, linear position, timing, and angles. | | | | chamber - there are sensors which detects the |
| Navigation and safety features like the anti-lock | | | | temperature of the engine. There are many uses for |
| braking system are also where these magnetic | | | | sensors currently. But the advent of technology has |
| sensors are widely used. | | | | made the sensor even more important. |
| In a typical anti-lock braking system, a central | | | | As consumers look for more and more features that |
| electronic circuit and four speed sensors are needed. | | | | will improve the safety, handling, stability, |
| These sensors play a key role in keeping a car’s | | | | performance, comfort, convenience, and other |
| occupants safe in emergency braking. The sensor, | | | | attributes of a vehicle, more and more sensors will |
| tells the central electronic unit how fast the wheels, | | | | surely be developed to be used on different |
| are going while braking. It is the job of the central | | | | applications which are yet to be developed. The |
| electronic unit to monitor and keep all the four | | | | market for these sensors will continue to grow as |
| wheels of a vehicle running in almost uniform speed. | | | | car manufacturers find more ways to integrate |
| The sensors, four of them, one for each wheel, tells | | | | sensor-related features on their production vehicles. |
| the central electronic unit which wheel is slowing | | | | The sensors are as indispensable as a Ford Hedman |
| down at a faster rate than the others, the unit will | | | | header is in a Ford vehicle, and that fact makes the |
| then ease the brake on that particular wheel. This | | | | sensor one of the most in demand vehicle |
| technology allows a vehicle to slow down easily | | | | component in the market. |
| without locking the wheels. Locking the wheels | | | | |