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Record Nr.

UNINA9911006646203321

Autore

Sinclair Ian Robertson

Titolo

Sensors and transducers / / Ian R. Sinclair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Newnes, 2001

ISBN

9786611039257

9781281039255

128103925X

9780080516998

0080516998

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

681.2

Soggetti

Transducers

Detectors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 1992.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Sensors and Transducers; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to Third Edition; Preface to First Edition; Introduction; Chapter 1. Strain and Pressure; Chapter 2. Position direction distance and motion; Chapter 3. Light and associated radiation; Chapter 4. Temperature sensors and thermal transducers; Chapter 5. Sound, infransound and ultrasound; Chapter 6. Solids, liquids and gases; Chapter 7. Environmental senssors; Chapter 8. Other sensing methods; Chapter 9. Instrumentation techniques; Chapter 10. Switch principles; Chapter 11. Switch mechanisms

Chapter 12. SIgnal-carrying switchesAppendix A: Suppliers of sensors and transducers; Appendix B: Glossary of terms; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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-s