SENSORS

Position sensors

Vehicles and aircrafts

• GPS
• Potentiometer
• Radar
• Sonar
• Altimeter

Motion sensors

Smartphones and security systems

• Gyroscopes
• LVDT
• Accelerometer
• Speedmeter

Ergonomic sensors

Tablets, PCs and phones

• Touch
• Optical
• Acoustic

Chemical sensors

Fire and toxic vapor hazards prevention system

• Mass spectrometer,
• pH
• Conductivity
• Smoke
• O2, H2, NO2, CO

Electrical sensors

Lab instruments and security systems

• Voltmeter
• Ammeter
• Metal detector
• Hall effect

Actuators

Hydraulic sensors

• slow speed of response

Pneumatic actuators

• faster speed of response

Mechanical actuators

Electrical actuators

Online Articles

• Handbook of Modern Sensors by Jacob Fraden, Fifth Edition. Springer Scence+Business Media, LLC ISBN 978-3-319-19302-1 for hardcover book. ISBN 978-3-319-19303-8 for ebook. Purchase textbook from this web site: https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319193021

• Pages to read for this module: Chapter 4, pages 96-103 and 123-127, Chapter 6 pages 212-219 and Chapter 17 pages 585-634

• Practical Design Techniques for Sensor Signal Conditioning Section 7, pages 7.1 to 7.29 (download from Analog Devices web site via this link): https://www.analog.com/en/education/education-library/practical-design-techniques-sensor-signal-conditioning.html

• Precision Temperature-Sensing With RTD Circuits Microchip Application Note AN687. Download from web site via this link: http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/AppNotes/00687c.pdf

• Download Thermocouple Tables. Calibration data from National Institute of Standards (NIST) Download from web site via this link: https://srdata.nist.gov/its90/download/download.html

• What is Class A and Class B? by Minco Solutions, Download from web site via this link: https://www.minco.com/components/resources/sensor-component-faqs/what-is-class-a-and-class-b

• Thermistor for measuring/controlling temperature by RimstarOrg. View from Youtube web site via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9opuvLXAetI

• Temperature measurement with Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTD) by Endress+Hauser, View from Youtube web site via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQvRqtozC6g

• Thermocouple Tutorial by ControlEngTV. View from Youtube web site via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AubXDi6AD2M