Summary

For over 20 years, I have researched emerging and established markets and technologies pertaining to sensors and industrial automation. For over 13 years, I had my own business, providing consulting in the area of sensors and automation and publishing Sensor Business Digest and Manufactruing Automation. This business was combined into the Technical Insights Div. of Frost & Sullivan in early 2005. At Frost, I am a Principal Analyst and Research Manager, Automation and Electronics, where I have worked on/coordinated numerous custom client projects in such areas as sensors, advanced materials, aerospace and defense/homeland security, etc.

Recent items from Peter Adrian

Highly Sensitive Magnetic Sensors Have Opportunities in New Applications Magnetic sensors detect the presence, strength or direction of a magnetic field that is generated from a source (which could be the Earth’s magnetic field, permanent magnet, electric current, etc.). Magnetic sensors often detect other parameters based on changes or disturbances in magnetic fields, such as, for example, rotational speed, position, p...
19 Mar 2010	Blog post
Opportunities for MEMS-Based Timing Devices Timing Devices, which are used to synchronize components, are an integral part of diverse devices that contain an IC or generate a radio signal, such as computer systems, consumer electronics (for example, mobile phones or other portable electronic devices), communications equipment, and other electronics devices or systems, including measurement e...
02 Feb 2010	Blog post
Opportunities for Oil Condition Sensors It is important to know the condition of the oil used in equipment (including vehicles and industrial machinery and mechanical devices), since oil that loses its lubricity must be changed or it will become contaminated.   At present, sensors are not typically and widely used to directly and continuously measure the quality and condition of oil i...
15 Jan 2010	Blog post
Leveraging New Technologies to Optimize Business Opportunities Technology constantly evolves, creating threats to existing products but also generating opportunities for savvy companies who can develop technology that is targeted at capturing new applications and markets. To be positioned to thrive rather than suffer in the face of inexorable technology development, companies must have the courage and insight...
08 Jan 2010	Blog post