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Sensors:

Both sensors and actuators are collectively called ‘Transducers’. Transducers are the devices
that convert the energy of one kind into the energy of another kind. Some common
transducers are as follows:

Quality Being
Measured The input device (Sensors) Output device (Actuators)

Light Dependent Resistor (LDR)


Photo Diode Lights and Lamps
Phototransistor LEDs and Displays
Light Solar cell Fibre Optics

Thermocouple
Thermistor
Thermostat Heater
Temperature Resistive Temperature Detectors (RTD) Fan

Strain Gauge
Pressure switch Lifts and Jacks
Force or Pressure Load cells Electromagnetic vibrations

Potentiometer
Encoders Motor
Reflective/slotted opto-switch Solenoid
Position LVDT Panel Meters

Tacho – generator AC and DC Motors


Reflective/slotted optocoupler Stepper Motor
Speed Doppler effect sensors Brake

Bell
Carbon microphone Buzzer
Sound Piezoelectric crystal Loudspeaker

A sensor is a transducer that converts a physical phenomenon into an electrical signal.


Sensors provide the interface to the physical world through electrical devices, such as
microcontrollers/microprocessors, computers, etc. Sensors may have multiple transducers.
For example, for a sensor that has to convert something in the form of chemical energy into
electrical energy, if it is difficult to convert directly from chemical to electrical energy, it uses
more than one transducer. Transducer 1 will convert chemical energy to heat and transducer 2
will convert heat to electrical energy.
here are many types of Sensors and they are classified based on output type, method of
detection, means of detection, conversion phenomenon, active or passive, etc., and with the
advent of the Internet of Things, these sensors have undergone evolution and as a result of
that today we have ‘Smart Sensors‘, where we are integrating electronics into a sensor to
make it an intelligent sensor.

What is a Smart Sensor?


A sensor producing an electrical output when combined with interfacing electronic circuits is
known as “Smart Sensor", it is a combination of both sensor and actuator.

The smart sensor will have intelligent features and some electronics that can perform:
 Data conversion
 Bi-directional Communication
 Take a decision
 Perform Logical operations
 Sensor + interfacing circuit = smart sensor
Smart Sensor Functional Diagram:
A Smart sensor senses measurand - physical quantity, property or Condition to be
measured and Signal condition and storage unit has Analog to Digital converters
which converts the signal into a digitally readable form and stores in its memory and
further processes it like aggregating, error checking, etc., before sending to
microprocessor or microcontroller.

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