Where to buy: Ultrasonic development kit (distance) ?

[Rodo]

Hi all,

I'm looking to learn the basics (and not so basics) of ultrasonic
transducers and their applications. Specific applications are distance and
may be level measurements. This last one seems to be a special case of the
first one. I've also seen ultrasonic flow meters. This may be an advance
topic but sounds interesting.

I'd really like a development kit I could buy (<$500) but a quick search in
Yahoo found ...well... too many things "ultrasonic" . A few books would
be great too (<$200). Can you guys help ?

Thanks a bunch

 

[Joerg]

Hello Rodo,

I'm looking to learn the basics (and not so basics) of ultrasonic
transducers and their applications. Specific applications are distance and
may be level measurements. This last one seems to be a special case of the
first one. I've also seen ultrasonic flow meters. This may be an advance
topic but sounds interesting.

I'd really like a development kit I could buy (<$500) but a quick search in
Yahoo found ...well... too many things "ultrasonic" . A few books would
be great too (<$200). Can you guys help ?

Try to find an older ultrasonic distance meter at a yard sale or thrift
store. The early ones had the interesting circuitry all in discrete
parts. Should be excellent for learning. The other $495 would buy quite
a few crates of pale ale ;-)

There are very few books about ultrasound. I design for medical
ultrasound since the 80's and the first 10 years or so I did not own one
lone book about it. Then I found Kjell Kristoffersen's Doppler book but
I really only bought it because this stuff goes out of print fast and I
knew him personally.

Regards, Joerg

 

[Boris Mohar]

Hi all,

I'm looking to learn the basics (and not so basics) of ultrasonic
transducers and their applications. Specific applications are distance and
may be level measurements. This last one seems to be a special case of the
first one. I've also seen ultrasonic flow meters. This may be an advance
topic but sounds interesting.

I'd really like a development kit I could buy (<$500) but a quick search in
Yahoo found ...well... too many things "ultrasonic" . A few books would
be great too (<$200). Can you guys help ?

Thanks a bunch

For transducers see www.senscomp.com



Regards,

Boris Mohar

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[no_one]

I think polaroid used to have a kit, it was developed for one of their
cameras and I believe that they marketed it.

 

[Martin Riddle]

Polaroid Ultrasonics are now Senscomp.