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9. Safety Precautions

Do not use this product as safety or emergency stop device

or in any other application where failure of the product could

result in personal injury. Failure to comply with these

instructions could result in death or serious injury.

10. Revision history

Date

Version Changes

September 2009 V1.0

Initial release

June 2010

V1.1

Correction of I2C address

September 2010 V1.2

Several corrections

January 2013

V1.3

Item number update, manifold version

added, improved accuracy, other

corrections

Important Notices

Warning, personal injury

Do not use this product as safety or emergency stop devices or in

any other application where failure of the product could result in

personal injury (including death). Do not use this product for

applications other than its intended and authorized use. Before

installing, handling, using or servicing this product, please

consult the datasheet and application notes. Failure to comply

with these instructions could result in death or serious injury.

If the Buyer shall purchase or use SENSIRION products for any

unintended or unauthorized application, Buyer shall defend, indemnify

and hold harmless SENSIRION and its officers, employees,

subsidiaries, affiliates and distributors against all claims, costs,

damages and expenses, and reasonable attorney fees arising out of,

directly or indirectly, any claim of personal injury or death associated

with such unintended or unauthorized use, even if SENSIRION shall be

allegedly negligent with respect to the design or the manufacture of the

product.

ESD Precautions

The inherent design of this component causes it to be sensitive to

electrostatic discharge (ESD). To prevent ESD-induced damage and/or

degradation, take customary and statutory ESD precautions when

handling this product.

Warranty

SENSIRION warrants solely to the original purchaser of this product for

a period of 12 months (one year) from the date of delivery that this

product shall be of the quality, material and workmanship defined in

SENSIRION’s published specifications of the product. Within such

period, if proven to be defective, SENSIRION shall repair and/or

replace this product, in SENSIRION’s discretion, free of charge to the

Buyer, provided that:



notice in writing describing the defects shall be given to

SENSIRION within fourteen (14) days after their appearance;



such defects shall be found, to SENSIRION’s reasonable

satisfaction, to have arisen from SENSIRION’s faulty design,

material, or workmanship;



the defective product shall be returned to SENSIRION’s factory

at the Buyer’s expense; and



the warranty period for any repaired or replaced product shall be

limited to the unexpired portion of the original period.

This warranty does not apply to any equipment which has not been

installed and used within the specifications recommended by

SENSIRION for the intended and proper use of the equipment.

EXCEPT FOR THE WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY SET FORTH

HEREIN, SENSIRION MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS

OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT. ANY AND ALL

WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES

OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR

PURPOSE, ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED AND DECLINED.

SENSIRION is only liable for defects of this product arising under the

conditions of operation provided for in the datasheet and proper use of

the goods. SENSIRION explicitly disclaims all warranties, express or

implied, for any period during which the goods are operated or stored

not in accordance with the technical specifications.

SENSIRION does not assume any liability arising out of any application

or use of any product or circuit and specifically disclaims any and all

liability, including without limitation consequential or incidental damages.

All operating parameters, including without limitation recommended

parameters, must be validated for each customer’s applications by

customer’s technical experts. Recommended parameters can and do

vary in different applications.

SENSIRION reserves the right, without further notice, (i) to change the

product specifications and/or the information in this document and (ii) to

improve reliability, functions and design of this product.

Copyright© 2001-2009, SENSIRION.

All rights reserved

RoHS and WEEE Statement

The SFM4100 Series complies with requirements of the following

directives:



EU Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic

equipment (WEEE), OJ13.02.2003; esp. its Article 6 (1) with

Annex II.

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EU Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain

hazardous substances in electricaland electronic equipment

(RoHS), OJ 13.02.2003; esp. its Article 4.