Sensors and transducers

In this book Ian Sinclair provides the practical knowhow required by technician engineers, systems designers and students. The focus is firmly on understanding the technologies and their different applications, not a mathematical approach. The result is a highly readable text which provides a unique introduction to the selection and application of sensors, transducers and switches, and a grounding in the practicalities of designing with these devices. The devices covered encompass heat, light and motion, environmental sensing, sensing in industrial control, and signal-carrying and non-signal switches.* Get up to speed in this key topic through this leading practical guide * Understand the range of technologies and applications before specifying * Gain a working knowledge with a minimum of maths In this book Ian Sinclair provides the practical knowhow required by technician engineers, systems designers and students. The focus is firmly on understanding the technologies and their different applications, not a mathematical approach. The result is a highly readable text which provides a unique introduction to the selection and application of sensors, transducers and switches, and a grounding in the practicalities of designing with these devices.

The devices covered encompass heat, light and motion, environmental sensing, sensing in industrial control, and signal-carrying and non-signal switches.

Get up to speed in this key topic through this leading practical guide
Understand the range of technologies and applications before specifying
Gain a working knowledge with a minimum of maths Contents......Page 5 Preface to third edition......Page 7 Preface to first edition......Page 9 Introduction......Page 11 1 Strain and pressure......Page 15 2 Position, direction, distance and motion......Page 35 3 Light and associated radiation......Page 67 4 Temperature sensors and thermal transducers......Page 101 5 Sound, infrasound and ultrasound......Page 130 6 Solids, liquids and gases......Page 156 7 Environmental sensors......Page 184 8 Other sensing methods......Page 211 9 Instrumentation techniques......Page 220 10 Switch principles......Page 247 11 Switch mechanisms......Page 262 12 Signal-carrying switches......Page 284 Appendix A......Page 304 Appendix B......Page 307 Index......Page 311 The words stress and strain are often confused in everyday life, and a clear definition is essential at this point.