April 25, 2021 at 11:00 pm
The Tubolito Tubo MTB P-SENS inner tube incorporates an NFC chip to actively monitor tyre pressure, but that comes at a significant cost of £41.99 / $49.90 / €44.90 per tube.
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Previously, live tyre pressure monitoring was only offered by Quark’s TyreWiz. The P-SENS changes that, and its battery-free design hopes to simplify tyre pressure monitoring.
The NFC chip is located near the valve.
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The unpowered near field communication (NFC) chip lives inside the inner tube and is small enough to allow the tube to be stored folded. It communicates with compatible smartphones using NFC technology where the passive chip is powered by the electromagnetic field created by the active receiver.