Any type of electronic system requires communication with the real world. To make it done sensors and actuators are used. The purpose of the sensor is to sense the different forms of energy either it can be of movement, thermal, electrical, or magnetic. Where the actuators are used to switch currents or voltages. Sensors including actuators are termed as Transducers. The main purpose of this device is to convert the applied form of the signal into other signals based on the requirement of the … [Read more...]

A device that can convert one form of energy into another form is called a transducer. That means a transducer has the ability to convert a signal of one form to another form. These are mainly used for automation, measurement, and control systems because the electrical signal needs to be converted to physical quantities like force, torque, motion, etc. An electric motor, solar cell, incandescent bulb, microphone, etc are examples of transducers. A transducer can be electrical or mechanical. An … [Read more...]

Resistive transducers are very important devices from an industrial point of view. They are used in calculating physical quantities like temperature and pressure which you would otherwise find really difficult to measure. Transducers can make industrial processes a lot simpler. A resistive transducer is basically a type of transducer whose resistance changes according to the change in environmental conditions. We are able to measure this change in resistance using various kinds of measuring … [Read more...]