Hi Nicholas Gomez,
About the media compatibility, other media than dry clean air has the potential to dissolve, or be absorbed by the gel and corrupt the die surface or lead to wire-bond breakage. Some types of media will take longer to corrupt the die than others, so a disposable application is possible.
I would like refer you to the application note AN3728: “Media Compatibility for IPS PRT Pressure Sensors” that would be worth to be considered in addition to the provided information.
AN3728: Media Compatibility for IPS PRT Pressure Sensors
http://www.freescale.com/files/sensors/doc/app_note/AN3728.pdf
In this application note at page# 3, you can see that we have tested a couple of media, mainly on parts having media resistant gel, but we cannot give a guarantee about the long term reliability of these devices under these conditions and specifically for Fuel Media, the pressure sensor is likely to have issues.
We normally recommend that if a customer wants to use the Freescale sensor with a different media than “Dry Clean Air”, they must validate the product performance in their application and assume all risk and liability.
Have a great day,
Jose Reyes
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