I mean, from reading this the way they work is by detecting the relative offset of two slightly differently pitched scales by measuring a series of capacitances.
Honestly it’s a much more ‘vernier’-like mechanism than I’d given it credit for.
I've run into several older engineers that call all calipers "verniers." It used to bug me but I guess it's okay for language to be a bit flexible like that. I still call the shelf in front of me in my car the "dashboard" even though it's not blocking the rocks kicked up by a dashing horse anymore.
The reason this is annoying is that there are other measuring devices that can have a vernier scale though. For example, in my shop I have a cheap micrometer that only measures to thousandths of an inch, and a more expensive one with a vernier scale that measures to ten-thousandths. Offhand, height gauges also commonly have a vernier scale.
The reason this is annoying in a shop environment is that there are likely other tools around with a vernier scale. That being said, I've also been around older machinists & engineers who exclusively refer to gauge blocks as "jo blocks", even when there wasn't a single set manufactured by the Johansson company in the building. This is common enough that searching for "jo blocks" returns a dedicated page on mc-master: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/jo-blocks
Many years ago I did a stint at a big American car company. The engineers there were adamant that the shelf you speak of is properly called the "instrument panel." The "dashboard" is a sheet of steel that separates the passenger compartment from the engine compartment, and it's only accessible under the hood.
I guess this is a car engineer's version of "that thing you call the Internet is actually the web."
A few years ago, I found myself needing ready access to disposable latex gloves in my car and was so happy to finally be able to use the "glove compartment" for its nominal purpose.
Was going to make the same comment, but was uncertain, so I read the article, it does look like it uses a vernier sort of mechanism to get much higher precision than a plain measurement would.
jameshart|3 years ago
Honestly it’s a much more ‘vernier’-like mechanism than I’d given it credit for.
cmiller1|3 years ago
zrobotics|3 years ago
The reason this is annoying in a shop environment is that there are likely other tools around with a vernier scale. That being said, I've also been around older machinists & engineers who exclusively refer to gauge blocks as "jo blocks", even when there wasn't a single set manufactured by the Johansson company in the building. This is common enough that searching for "jo blocks" returns a dedicated page on mc-master: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/jo-blocks
dreamcompiler|3 years ago
I guess this is a car engineer's version of "that thing you call the Internet is actually the web."
InitialLastName|3 years ago
DanTheManPR|3 years ago
somat|3 years ago
causality0|3 years ago
That was driving me nuts.
fortran77|3 years ago