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    Transducers are devices that convert one form of energy into another. They sense a physical quantity like temperature, pressure, or sound and transduce it into an electrical signal. Transducers can be categorized as primary or secondary, analog or digital, active or passive, and transducers or inverse transducers. Some common transducers include potentiometers, which detect displacement and output resistance; strain gauges, which detect applied force or pressure and output displacements; thermocouples, which detect temperature and output electric current; and piezoelectric transducers, which detect force and output voltage. Fifteen example transducers are classified in a table by their physical detection mechanism and electrical

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    Transducers are devices that convert one form of energy into another. They sense a physical quantity like temperature, pressure, or sound and transduce it into an electrical signal. Transducers can be categorized as primary or secondary, analog or digital, active or passive, and transducers or inverse transducers. Some common transducers include potentiometers, which detect displacement and output resistance; strain gauges, which detect applied force or pressure and output displacements; thermocouples, which detect temperature and output electric current; and piezoelectric transducers, which detect force and output voltage. Fifteen example transducers are classified in a table by their physical detection mechanism and electrical

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    Transducers are devices that convert one form of energy into another. They sense a physical quantity like temperature, pressure, or sound and transduce it into an electrical signal. Transducers can be categorized as primary or secondary, analog or digital, active or passive, and transducers or inverse transducers. Some common transducers include potentiometers, which detect displacement and output resistance; strain gauges, which detect applied force or pressure and output displacements; thermocouples, which detect temperature and output electric current; and piezoelectric transducers, which detect force and output voltage. Fifteen example transducers are classified in a table by their physical detection mechanism and electrical

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    1. Define the meaning of transducer.

    Transducer is the device which converts the one form of energy into. The

    process of conversion is known as transduction. The conversion is done by sensing

    and transducing the physical quantities like temperature, pressure, sound, etc.

    The electrical transducer converts the mechanical energy into an electric

    signal. The electrical signal may be voltage, current and frequency. The production of

    the signal depends on the resistive inductive and capacitive effects of the physical

    input.

    2. Explain the classification of the transducers.

    Transducer can be categorized on the basis of four thoughts. Based on transduction

    form it is used, we can go further.

    I. Primary and secondary type

    Primary transducers are transducers which convert a physical quantity

    into another form. But the secondary transducers convert the output signal

    from the primary transducer into a usable output (i.e. an electrical signal).

    Bourdon tube acting as a primary detector senses the pressure and

    converts the pressure into a displacement of its free end. The displacement of

    the free end moves the core of a linear variable differential transformer

    (LVDT) which produces an output voltage.

    When input signal is directly sensed first by some sensor and then its

    output being of some form other than input signal I given as input to a

    transducer for conversion into electrical form, then it’s called secondary

    transducer.
    II. Analog and digital type

    Analog transducers convert the input quantity into an analog output which is a

    continuous function of time.

     Strain Gauge

     LVDT

     Thermocouple

     Thermistor

    Digital transducers convert the input quantity into an electrical output which is

    in the form of pulses. For example, glass scale can be read optically by means

    of a light source anoptical system and photocells.

    III. Active and passive type

    For active type, do not require an external power, and produce an analog

    voltage or current when stimulated by some physical form of energy

     Thermocouple

     Photovoltaic cell

     Tachogenerators

     Piezoelectric crystals

    For passive transducers, require an external power, and the output is a measure

    of some variation (resistance or capacitance)

     Slide-wire resistor

     Resistance strain gauge

     Differential transformer

    IV. Transducer and Inverse type

    A Transducer can be broadly defined as a device which converts a non-

    electrical quantity into an electrical quantity.


    Ex: - Resistive, inductive and capacitive transducers

    An inverse transducer is defined as a device which converts an electrical

    quantity into a non-electrical quantity.

    Ex: -Piezoelectric crystals

    3. List (at least 15) and classify different types of transducers based on the above

    explanation (Q.2). Please summarize your answer in proper table. The answers

    also need to justify the detection and conversion signal.

    CONVERSION
    TYPE OF TRANSDUCER PHYSICAL DETECTION
    SIGNAL/OUTPUT

    Potentiometers Displacement Resistance

    Bridge circuits Physical Quantity Voltage

    Wheatstone bridge Displacement Current

    Capacitive sensors Displacement Capacitance

    Resistive sensors Physical Quantity Resistance of The Sensors

    Magnetic sensors Displacement Inductance or Reluctance

    Piezoelectric transducers Force Voltage

    Strain gauges Applied Force Or Pressure Displacements

    Photo electric Light Voltage


    Linear variable differential
    Displacement Resistance
    transformer (LVDT)
    Bellows Air Pressure Displacement

    Bourdon tube Air Pressure Rotary Motion

    Proving rings Applied Force Displacement

    Diaphragm Applied Pressure Displacement

    Manometer Applied Pressure Displacement

    Thermocouple Temperature Electric Current


    Reference

    1. http://www.darshan.ac.in/Upload/DIET/Documents/EE/EMMI_Ch%205_11102018_063106
    AM.pdf
    2. https://studylib.net/doc/8746987/classification-of-transducers
    3. http://www.yantraeducation.com/transducer-type-classification/

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