As we all know, the main channel for human beings to obtain external information is the sense organs, in which the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and limbs play the role of the front end. However, with the development of science and technology and scientific progress, in the new state of production and life, human senses can not meet the demand. In this case, the birth and application of sensors show great value.

Sensors are seen as an extension of the five human senses and are said to bridge the physical and digital worlds. In fact, the basic function of the sensor is to make the object "alive". In the context of automation, information technology, the rapid evolution of the background, in order to effectively access and utilize information to achieve the goal of automation, we need to collect all kinds of information through the sensor to the field of production and life.

Whether in the production process, or in the application of products, sensors can be very good "sense" to the relevant data parameters, so as to control the normal and efficient work of the equipment, or for the management, maintenance personnel and users of the operation and decision-making to provide reference. Therefore, in the modern industrial and social state, the importance of sensors is self-evident, no sensors means automation, information technology has lost the key foundation.

With the advancement of the new round of technological revolution and industrial change, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, big data, cloud computing, 5G and other cutting-edge technologies are developing rapidly, robots, drones, self-driving cars, etc., to accelerate the landing, the in-depth construction of the smart city, but also for the sensor industry has brought immeasurable huge opportunities. Comprehensive sensor industry status quo and industry changes, the future development of sensors will have 4 major trends.

Intelligent

Under the impetus of artificial intelligence, countries and fields around the world have set off an intelligent boom, with concepts such as intelligent medical care, intelligent transportation, intelligent finance, intelligent education, intelligent security and other concepts coming to fruition, and core products such as robots and drones becoming increasingly intelligent. Therefore, as an important part of the modern production and living system, the intelligence of the sensor is the general trend.

At present, the intelligent sensor product system is becoming more mature, and its ability in autonomous perception and autonomous decision-making is also improving. Further intelligent upgrading of sensors is conducive to the integration with the artificial intelligence industry ecosystem, providing solid support for the intelligence of major industries and various products. Under the catalyst of intelligentization and network connection, it is expected that the development of intelligent sensors will continue to speed up.

Internet connection

Sensors have been closely linked to data and information since their birth. It can be said that the collection and transmission of data and information is the main mission of the sensor. Today, the world has entered the era of the information society, the circulation of data to further expand, whether it is the development of the digital economy, or the popularization of the Internet, or the application of information technology, there is a more urgent need for sensors, but also makes the sensor must be in the network connection to make progress.

Especially with the formal commercialization and accelerated deployment of 5G network, the network connection of sensors will usher in significant benefits. With the support of 5G network, sensors will be able to better leverage communication technology to achieve smoother and faster data connectivity and transmission, comprehensively improve their performance level, and bring help to the upgrade of intelligent networked cars, intelligent robots and other products.

Miniaturization

In the field of science and technology, as precision components or parts, most of them are miniaturized as the main development direction, and sensors are no exception. Traditional sensors "size" is large, it is difficult to meet today's needs. The development of miniaturization is conducive to improving the adaptability of the product, reduce the weight and size of the finished product, improve application performance, expand the scope of application.

Therefore, in recent years, sensors in the miniaturization of good results, in the design, technology and processing technology continues to upgrade the basis of the sensor internal sensitive components, conversion components, etc. have entered the micron, nano level, which makes the sensor products can be widely used in intelligent hardware are many new science and technology products.

Integration

In the past, sensors basically only have a single function, but in the intelligent, networked, miniaturized development trend, the upgrading of sensor technology has a deep foundation, the market for sensor function diversification needs are also increasingly strong. Therefore, the integration trend of sensors is becoming more and more prominent, such as the integration of a variety of different functions of the sensor products in the market has been widely welcomed.

These integrated sensors can sense different environmental information at the same time, allowing users to achieve a variety of different data in real time, synchronized mastery, and in terms of cost will not have too much pressure. In particular, the development of sensor miniaturization for the integration of an important foundation, I believe that sensor technology will be guided by these trends, to obtain more significant progress.