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Abstract

A mechanical and electrical pressure sensor wherein the mechanical part includes a fluid pressure chamber with a magnetic, electrically conductive diaphragm moving out-of-contact with a stationary contact in the presence of pressure and into contact therewith in the absence of pressure or because of energizing of a cooperatively acting magnetic coil. The electrical circuit connected to the coil includes a clocked flip-flop, the output of which is high during a time interval when the contacts are open (coil energized) and which is low when the contacts are closed (coil deenergized). The duty cycle of energized time to total time is a measure of average coil winding current, and, hence, sensed pressure. The ratio of energized intervals to total intervals develops a useful digital measurement of pressure readily useful in a computer.

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