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Golf cart TPMS — pressure on a phone, no display needed
A golf cart or utility vehicle has no instrument cluster worth adding to. The practical answer is a sensor that talks to a phone: screw it on, read the pressure, put the phone away.
Why this class of vehicle is a gap
Golf carts, utility carts and site buggies run on low-pressure tyres that go soft slowly and then fail suddenly under load. Nothing on the vehicle tells you. Fleet operators find out when a cart is on its rims at the far end of the course, or when a tyre has been ruined by running flat.
Fitting a receiver and a dashboard display to a cart is disproportionate. A Bluetooth sensor is not: it needs no wiring, no mounting bracket and no power feed.
What the sensor is
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Wireless | Bluetooth 5.1, 2.4 GHz — no receiver required; the phone is the reader |
| Pressure range | 0–500 kPa gauge (0–600 kPa absolute) |
| Accuracy | ±2 kPa |
| Battery | Replaceable CR1632, average service life about 1.5 years, no re-pairing after a change |
| Working / storage temperature | −20 to +80 °C / −40 to +85 °C |
| Sealing | IP67 |
| Size | Diameter 21 mm × 16 mm high |
A receiver can be built to order if the data has to reach your controller or a display instead of a phone — serial (UART) or CAN output. That is a different configuration, not a different sensor.
Golf cart TPMS: checking a fleet from a phone
Golf cart TPMS: 0-500 kPa gauge, ±2 kPa, IP67, CR1632 about 1.5 years, BLE phone readout.
A golf car fleet is a maintenance round, not a machine: the useful version of TPMS is one that lets a staff member walk the row with a phone instead of pulling a gauge out of a bag. Sensors are 0-500 kPa gauge at ±2 kPa, IP67, on a CR1632 cell that lasts about 1.5 years; 2.4 GHz BLE 4.1 means the phone is the instrument and there is no receiver to install per cart.
What a fleet actually does with it
- A round of checks before the day starts. One person, one phone, a few seconds per cart.
- Shared vehicles. Whoever picks the cart up can check it without being taught a system.
- Resorts and estates with a handful of carts, where a permanent installation is not worth it.
What it does not do
No continuous monitoring and no alarm while driving, because there is no reader on the vehicle. For that, ask for the receiver version — same sensing platform, different architecture.
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