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classification of sensors - Coggle Diagram
classification of sensors
power or energy requirement
analog sensor
analog tachometer
passive sensor
Hg thermometer
digital sensor
digital tachometer
active sensor
LIDAR, photoconductive cell
various measurement objectives
displacement sensor
capacitive sensor, eddy
current sensor, inductive sensor etc
various industrial
application, robotics etc
flow sensor
Velocimeters laser based sensor,
hall effect sensors etc
In industrial used for measuring
the flow rate
level sensor
Magnetic and mechanical float,
pressure transducer, load cell etc
oil water tank, boiler
speed sensor
Wheel speed sensors,
speedometers, ground speed sensor, radar
in bike, car, tachometer.
pressure sensor
In boiler, gas turbine etc
Barometric, piezo resistive pressure sensor
bio sensor
a biological component with a
physicochemical detector
blood glucose biosensor
temperature sensor
thermocouple, thermisters
Digital thermometer, gas turbine,
furnaces, in boiler
principles of operation
inductive sensor
Inductive displacement transducer,
metal detector, traffic lights, car washes
ultrasonic sensor
Ultrasonic sensors work on a principle similar to radar or sonar, which evaluate
Application: Industries, ship etc.
capacitive sensor
as motion, chemical composition, electric
field
light sensor
photo resistors, photodiodes, phototransistors
CRO, cameras, and mobile phones etc.
resistive sensor
common in
instrumentation
Potentiometers, Strain gauges
magnetic sensor
BIAS magnetic field sensors
used in hall devices, reed switches
Low field sensors
used in medical and nuclear application
Earth field sensors
used in navigation and vehicle detection
output signal :