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what is the difference between sensor and tranducer?

on 2010-03-29 19:52:13   by MD FIROJ   on Instrumentation (AEIE)  6 answers

Durga Charan

on 2010-03-30 09:30:00  

A sensor is a device that responds to a physical stimulus (as heat, light, sound, pressure, magnetism, or a particular motion) and transmits a resulting impulse (a signal relating to the quantity being measured). For example, certain sensors convert tempe

Durga Charan

on 2010-03-30 09:30:00  

A sensor is a device that responds to a physical stimulus (as heat, light, sound, pressure, magnetism, or a particular motion) and transmits a resulting impulse (a signal relating to the quantity being measured). For example, certain sensors convert tempe

santosh

on 2010-04-01 09:30:00  

sensor senses the non electrical quantity we want to measure and transducers converts them into electrical quantity just like in voltage or current which can be easily transmitted and recorded. if u wants to know more u can contact again

GAUTAM KUMAR

on 2010-04-02 09:30:00  

sensor sense and transducer convert

saumyadeep

on 2010-05-14 09:30:00  

pizeo electric crystal is sensor but pizeo electric crystal with electrode considered as a transducer.

somabrata

on 2010-09-14 09:30:00  

sensor is a device which is analogous to our sense organs and it sends digital signals which is again converted into analog ones. transducers converts any electrical ,mechanical or thermal quantity into any three forms mentioned above .like in case of a heater device the heat generation due to current is utilized for keeping rooms warm in case of rooms of colder countries.and the lists are indictive