Pressure mapping knowledge center

Pressure mapping resources for better measurement decisions

Build a practical path from the contact interface to a compatible sensor, acquisition and analysis configuration. Start with a foundational guide or browse by the decision you need to make.

Two-dimensional pressure map showing contact pressure distribution

Use this content center to understand the complete measurement chain, choose a sensor around the real interface, balance pressure range with spatial detail, and classify static or dynamic events. The published guides explain decision methods and limits; final sensor, reader and software specifications are confirmed for the application before quotation.


Featured guide

What is a pressure mapping system?

Follow the full chain from a thin-film sensor array at the contact interface through compatible data acquisition hardware to pressure mapping and analysis software. Learn what a pressure map can show, how it differs from other methods, and which application details shape configuration.

Technical Guide8 minute readReviewed July 26, 2026
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Pressure mapping system chainA sensor array connects through a reader to a pressure distribution map.SensorReaderMap
Latest resources

Seven guides from system fundamentals to application planning

Each resource is a maintained editorial page with a review date, explicit interpretation boundaries and links to the next useful step.

Technical application guide

Tire Contact Pressure Mapping

Separate static-footprint, slow-rolling and dynamic-rolling requirements before defining placement and acquisition.

Technical application guide

Gasket and Seal Contact Pressure Measurement

Define the sealing interface, sensor placement, clamp loading and result boundaries before configuration review.

Technical application guide

Battery Stack Pressure Measurement

Define the stack or module interface, sensor placement, fixture loading and result boundaries before configuration review.

System fundamentals

What Is a Pressure Mapping System?

Understand the three-part sensor, reader and software chain, how a pressure map is formed, and what the result can and cannot establish.

Sensor selection

How to Select a Thin-Film Pressure Sensor Array

Use ten practical factors to define coverage, range, spatial detail, physical fit, environment, routing and compatibility before choosing a sensor direction.

Configuration trade-off

Pressure Range vs Spatial Resolution

Learn why maximum values should not be merged across configurations and how to balance useful pressure window, coverage, pitch and matrix detail.

Event classification

Static vs Dynamic Pressure Mapping

Classify sustained, changing, repeated and transient events, then connect timing to matrix, acquisition, recording, trigger and output decisions.

Application Insights

Apply the measurement method to a defined interface

Application guides connect the general selection method to one interface and one engineering decision without presenting customer cases or performance guarantees.

Tire contact interface

Tire Contact Pressure Mapping

Review the footprint, motion condition, sensor fixation, acquisition needs and interpretation limits.

Gasket and seal interface

Gasket and Seal Contact Pressure Measurement

Review sealing geometry, sensor insertion, clamp loading, configuration factors and interpretation limits.

Battery interface

Battery Stack Pressure Measurement

Review sensor placement, stack and fixture inputs, loading modes, configuration factors and interpretation limits.

Turn the application into a measurable requirement

Use the guides to define the interface, loading, event and required output, then prepare the application for review.

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