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
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