September 12, 2007 – Custom Sensors & Technologies (CST) has leveraged its strengths by expanding the company's current position sensor product line to include its Crouzet division's miniature and subminiature snap-action switches for the North American transportation market. The new switches feature an industry-first design that includes diagnostic functionality and longer overtravel that provides increased flexibility for design engineers. Targeted for passenger car, commercial vehicle, agricultural, and industrial applications, these switches were fully developed by Crouzet in France and have a proven success rate in European and Asian OEM applications.
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August 15, 2007 – Duncan Electronics, a company of Custom Sensors & Technology (CST), Inc., has introduced the 9360 Non-Contacting Rotary Dual Output Hall Effect Sensor.  Designed with Duncan ’s second generation Hall effect chip technology, the new device features 360 degrees rotation capabilities to meet a broad range of rotary position sensing needs in specialty vehicles.
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April 18 , 2007–Off-highway tractors slog through mud, muck, and other rough terrain on a daily basis. Achieving high reliability and performance in spite of these harsh conditions requires technology at its best. To improve fuel efficiency and reliability while decreasing manufacturing costs, the Challenger® track tractor went through a major redesign from the ground up.
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January 24, 2007 – Duncan Electronics, a company of Custom Sensors and Technology, Inc., has introduced the 9950 Non-Contacting Rotary Position Sensor. The new 9950 Sensor incorporates all the proven performance characteristics of the company's dual Hall effect sensors, including the superior durability of non-contacting technology and excellent EMI capabilities, into a single analog output, lower-cost and more compact package. The result is a rugged, completely sealed device with a life expectancy of up to 35 million cycles that provides an ideal solution for the harsh environments found in industrial, agriculture and off-highway applications.
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October 10, 2005 – BEI Duncan Electronics, an operating division of BEI Technologies, Inc., has announced the appointment of Dr. Demetris A. Agrotis, as Vice President and General Manager in a strategic step to further strengthen new product development and competitive positioning of the company’s position sensor business. Duncan is a leader in supplying major automotive and heavy equipment manufacturers with a variety of contacting and non-contacting sensors. The company is also an early innovator of reliable, custom-packaged sensors including major applications across avionics, marine, industrial controls and medical equipment position sensing installations. In the 1990’s, BEI Duncan emerged as a major supplier to automotive and heavy equipment manufacturers worldwide.
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We’re pleased to announce we’ve moved to new facilities in the Irvine Spectrum in Orange County, Southern California

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January 30, 2004 - Duncan Electronics, a division of BEI Technologies, Inc., has developed a new compact optical incremental encoder based on their reliable Opto-ASIC technology. The new device features an integral 5 pin mating connector that mates with both AMPHENOL and MOLEX standard configurations. This combination allows designers greater flexibility in integrating a very high resolution, complete encoder solution into an extremely small package, ready for "plug 'n play" installation.
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June 3, 2003 - Duncan Electronics, a division of BEI Technologies, Inc., has developed a fully sealed, harsh environment rotary position sensor. This sensor can be used in both position feedback and operator input applications. The device is rated to meet the requirements of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 529 for Enclosure Protection IP66 AND IP67.
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May 12,2003 - Duncan Electronics, a division of BEI Technologies, Inc., has developed a fully sealed, harsh environment panel potentiometer. This shaft driven sensor can be used in both position feedback and operator input (panel) applications. The device is rated to meet the requirements of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 529 for Enclosure Protection IP66 AND IP67.
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TUSTIN, Calif. - June 3, 2002 - Duncan Electronics, a division of BEI Technologies, Inc., has introduced the highly miniaturized 9600 Linear Motion Position Sensor Series. Designed with a short 0.15" (3.8mm) mounting terminal, the 9600 provides an extremely low profile. The overall height of the sensor is 0.50" (12.7mm), which allows installation in applications with abnormally tight packaging constraints such as joystick controls, HVAC, robotics, medical, aerospace, and industrial automation and controls.
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San Francisco, May 29, 2002 - BEI Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEIQ) announced today that its patented Non-Contacting Angular Position Sensor was selected for the Best of Sensors Expo award at the Spring Exhibition held in San Jose on May 21-23, 2002. The sensor won the Silver award for the category: Sensors. The editors of Sensors Magazine, the leading publication in the sensors industry for over 18 years, recognize new products that they predict will significantly impact the use of sensing in designs and applications.
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TUSTIN, Calif. - March 13, 2002 - Duncan Electronics, a division of BEI Technologies, Inc., has introduced the new Thin Profile Non-Contacting Angular Position Sensor. Offering an extremely thin profile solution for motion control, rotary position, or steering angle sensing, this Thin Profile unit measures less than just 8 mm (0.21 inches) in thickness without housing.
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TUSTIN, Calif., Feb. 20, 2002 - Duncan Electronics, a division of BEI Technologies, Inc., has developed the new Incremental Rotary Encoder MOD 700 Series, offering a highly miniaturized encoder solution ideally suited for integration into motors or other tight package constraint applications. Based on the company's proven Opto-ASIC technology, the high performance device accommodates a broad range of standard code disk resolutions and diameters with a miniature lead-frame caliper that easily surface mounts directly onto the PCB.
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BEI Duncan Electronics' Non-Contacting Angular Position Sensor, the latest in steering sensor and rotary position sensing solutions, has been selected as one of fifty finalists in Product Design and Development (PD&D) magazine's Seventh Annual Engineering Award Competition (see December 2001 issue).
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July 30, 2001 - Duncan Electronics, a division of BEI Technologies, Inc., has introduced the 9900 Dual Output Hall Effect Rotary Sensor featuring rugged, non-contacting position sensing technology. Designed with two sensors in one compact package for the optimum combination of redundancy and cost economics, the Model 9900 offers Hall effect electronics built within a rigid enclosure to withstand the harshest off highway conditions and demanding industrial applications.
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July 23, 2001 - Offering a fully non-contacting angular position sensor, BEI Duncan Electronics introduces the latest in steering sensor and rotary position sensing solutions. Non-Contacting Angular Position Sensor has been developed by BEI Technologies to provide a cost effective, high-resolution rotary position sensor. Initially developed for steering angle applications, Non-Contacting Angular Position Sensor is also ideally suited to a wide range of applications in a number of markets including automotive, heavy equipment, marine, instrumentation, industrial automation and robotics.
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