Our very large pressure sensor portfolio contains a wide variety of pressure ranges, diverse packaging and porting options. These MEMS-based pressure sensors provide robust solutions for the appliance, medical, consumer, industrial and automotive markets.

Pressure Sensors in Automotive

High-precision automotive MEMS-based pressure sensors for automotive applications.

    NXP pressure sensors in automotive
    NXP pressure sensors in automotive

    New applications for pressure sensors emerge every day as engineers and designers realize that they can convert their expensive mechanical pressure sensors to our lower-cost, semiconductor-based devices. High sensitivity and excellent long-term repeatability make our products suitable for the most demanding, high-performance applications.

    Products Interface Target Applications Automotive
    Battery Pressure Monitoring Sensors New Low Power Consumption SPI, PWM, Ready/Interrupt, Power Supply Enable Traction (EV) battery over-pressure warning

    Energy Storage/Large battery storage systems

    State of health: Battery pack drop detection
    Barometric Pressure 15 to 150 kPa Calibrated, Temperature Compensated and Amplified SPI, I2C, Analog Altimeter

    Barometer

    Medical Inhaler

    Industrial Controls

    Engine Control

    Weather station
    Absolute (barometric), LPG and CNG Gas 20 to 550 kPa Calibrated, Temperature Compensated and Amplified SPI, I2C, Analog Engine Control

    Industrial Controls
    Differential/Gauge up to 10 kPa Accurate Analog Output Signal Analog Medical Ventilator

    Hospital beds

    Smart beds

    Process control

    Oxygen generator

    Industrial Controls

    White goods

    Industrial controls

    HVAC
    Differential/Gauge up to 115 kPa Accurate Analog Output Signal Analog Blood Pressure

    Patient Monitoring

    Industrial Controls

    Pump/Motor Control

    Pressure switching
    Differential/Gauge up to 1000 kPa Accurate Analog Output Signal Analog Industrial Controls

    Pump/Motor Control

    Pressure Switching
    Tire Pressure Monitoring Sensors Low-Power Consumption GPIO, RF, LF Tire pressure monitoring systems

    Ultra-low-power wireless sensing

    Measures pressure typical for heavy-duty vehicles

    Measures dual-axis acceleration

    Measures temperature

    Measures battery voltage

    Bidirectional communication
    Vacuum Sensors –50 to –115 kPa Medical Applications of All Kinds Analog Industrial Controls

    Pressure Switching

    Vacuum Control

    Medical Ventilator

    Battery Pressure Monitoring Sensors for Detecting Li-ion Thermal Runaway in Traction Battery

    Learn more about the process of pressure sensor applications and EV traction battery for detecting LI-ON thermal runway.

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    TPMS Software

    TPMS software development on the FXTH87, FXTH87E and FXTH8715 hardware families.

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    Sensor Product Selector Guide

    Secure sensing solutions for automotive and industrial IoT.

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    A Global Solution for Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems

    Discover the requirements and variations for implementing TPMS.