Sensors according to measured variable

Sensors (alphabetical):

• Distance: Distance sensor ( distance measurement )
  • Absolute encoder
  • Chromatic-confocal distance measurement
  • Differential transformer
  • Fiber optic sensor
  • Inductive sensor
  • Incremental encoder
  • Capacitive sensor
  • Conoscopic holography
  • Laser interferometer
  • Laser triangulation sensor
  • Magnetostrictive displacement transducer
  • Potentiometer transmitter
  • radar
  • Lidar
  • Cable length encoder
  • Transverse anchor sensor
  • Ultrasonic sensor
  • Video extensometer
  • Eddy current sensor

• Accelerometer

• motion detector

• Strain sensor
  • Strain gauges (DMS)
    • with foils
    • with wire
    • Semiconductor strain gauges
  • Vibrating string receiver

• Torque sensor

• Speed ​​measurement
  • Incremental encoder
  • Stroboscope
  • Tachometer generator , tachometer

• Flow sensor
  • Electromagnetic Flow Meters (MIDs)
  • Capacitive flow meter
  • Mass flow measurement method based on the Coriolis principle
  • Ultrasonic flow sensor
  • Thermal mass flow sensor such as B. air mass sensor

• Pressure sensor
  • Differential pressure sensor
  • Silicon pressure sensor
  • Ceramic pressure sensor
  • Barometer (air pressure meter)
  • Altimeter (pressure sensor as an altimeter for the altimeter)
  • Dive computer (pressure sensor as depth gauge on the dive computer)

• Color sensor

• Humidity sensors
  • Coulometric humidity sensor for air humidity
  • Sensors that work according to the absorption principle for air humidity
  • Sensors that work according to the psychrometric principle for air humidity
  • Quartz crystal microbalance
  • Dew point mirror hygrometer
  • Tensiometer for soil moisture

• Liquid sensors
  • Optrode concentration of glucose
  • Enzyme field effect transistor (ENFET) Concentration of biological substances
  • Clark electrode concentration of oxygen (also in gases)
  • Banana electrode concentration of dopamine

• Level measurement

• Gas sensors
  • Amperometric limit current sensor for measuring oxygen partial pressure
  • Fire alarm
  • Lambda probe in the car
  • Hydrogen microsensor detects hydrogen

• Geophones

• Speed ​​measurement

• Weight measurement
  • Load cells

• Height measurement

• Knock sensor (vibration sensor )

• Force sensor

• Position sensor in space technology
  • Star sensor in space technology

• Light sensor / optoelectronic sensor
  • Photodiode
  • Photocell
  • Image sensors :
    • CCD sensor (CCD)
    • Super CCD sensor (SCCD)
    • CMOS sensor
    • TFA sensor
  • Hartmann-Shack-Sensor measurement of the wavefront

• proximity switch
  • Inductive proximity switches
  • Capacitive proximity switches
  • Optical proximity switches
  • Photoelectric barrier
  • Limit switch

• Magnetometer
  • Field plate sensor
  • GMR sensor
  • Hall sensor
  • SQUIDs
  • Wiegand sensor

• Surface tension
  • Tensiometer

• pH meter

• Redox cell

• Rain sensor on the car window

• Oxygen sensor

• Sound sensor
  • microphone

• Layer thickness measurement

• Radiation detector
  • Golay cell for terahertz radiation

• Current sensor
  • Hall sensor

• Particle detector
  • Semiconductor detector

• Temperature sensor ( thermometer )
  • Bimetal thermometer thermal expansion
  • Gas pressure thermometer pressure
  • expansion thermometers expansion
  • Pyroelectric sensor ( pyrometer ) thermal radiation
  • Thermocouple thermoelectric voltage
  • Resistance thermometer change in resistance
    • NTC thermistor
    • PTC thermistor
    • Platinum resistance thermometer z. B. Pt100
    • Nickel resistance thermometer z. B. Ni100

• Angle measurement
  • Absolute encoder
  • Incremental encoder
  • Potentiometer
  • Resolver

References

1. ↑ http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5672831.html
2. ↑ sens2binternational.com ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.