Well you might have thousands of definations regards the topic even i have them none of them ever stayed.
This is a question & every engineer should know the answer.
This is a question & every engineer should know the answer.
Sensor reacts to a physical,chemical & biological condition.It senses.It can be considered as a detector.
The conversion of Energy from one form to another is called as transduction and a transducer serves this purpose.
A Sensor can sense in any form i.e due to some mechanical change ,it can react in electrical form.Thus their is a conversion similar to a transducer.
It means a Sensor can be a Transducer.
Eg ..Thermocouple
A Transducer is more than a sensor.It consists of a sensor or actuator along with a signal conditioning circuit.
A signal conditioning is a circuit which conditions the signal so it is strong enough for further processing.
So one way to define is that output from a sensor may or may not be meaningful.The transducer output is always meaningful.
The output of a motor is always meaningful that of a load speaker always meaningful.They are transducers.
It means a Sensor can be a Transducer.
Eg ..Thermocouple
A Transducer is more than a sensor.It consists of a sensor or actuator along with a signal conditioning circuit.
A signal conditioning is a circuit which conditions the signal so it is strong enough for further processing.
So one way to define is that output from a sensor may or may not be meaningful.The transducer output is always meaningful.
The output of a motor is always meaningful that of a load speaker always meaningful.They are transducers.
Every Transducer is a sensor but every sensor need not be aTransducer.
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