The phrase "a device for detecting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a tool or instrument designed to identify or measure a specific phenomenon or substance.
Example: "The scientist used a device for detecting changes in temperature during the experiment."
Alternatives: "an instrument for sensing" or "a tool for identifying".
A geophone is a device for detecting vertical seismic waves.
Excluded from the military by partial deafness, he developed a device for detecting submarines via airborne cameras.
Each of these methods involves a source of radiation, a sample, and a device for detecting and analyzing radiation.
We were unable to implement the accelerometer as a device for detecting collisions on our car, but we were able to get it working correctly.
We theoretically analyzed the operation of the tactile sensor, and designed its specifications for a device for detecting the touch of a human finger.
A small wooden and metal instrument looks like the sort of thing used to tap out Morse code, but is an early example of a coherer, a device for detecting radio signals.
The sensor is used as a vision device for detecting position, shape and dimensions of an object on the working space of a robot in order to planning the end effector path.
This paper presents a new method and an associated device for detecting the presence and size of protein based on a protein-induced stiffness change.
The proposed test is a useful diagnostic tool for assessing the interactions of breaks and unit root type of nonstationarities in time series, in addition to offering a powerful device for detecting changes in persistence.
In principle, the MBL model could thus provide a useful device for detecting singular and collective rate shift events.
Today, the basic We Care Solar Suitcase is a complete system that includes two 20-watt solar panels, a 14 amp-hour lithium ferrous phosphate battery, a 15A charge controller, two headlamps, a phone charger, a AA/AAA battery charger and a fetal doppler (a handheld ultrasound device for detecting the fetal heartbeat).
