• A variable reluctance sensor (commonly called a VR sensor) is a transducer that measures changes in magnetic reluctance. When combined with basic electronic...
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  • temperature sensor Turbine speed sensor Variable reluctance sensor Vehicle speed sensor Water-in-fuel sensor Wheel speed sensor ABS sensors Breathalyzer...
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  • electrical signals Hall effect sensors – convert a magnetic field level into an electrical signal Variable reluctance sensors – the movement of nearby ferrous...
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    or deceleration of the wheel. These sensors use a magnet and a Hall effect sensor, or a variable reluctance sensor and an electromagnetic coil to generate...
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    winding current as in traditional motors, the switched-reluctance motor uses an electronic position sensor to determine the angle of the rotor shaft and solid...
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    rotating multi-pole ring magnet. Alexanderson alternator Variable reluctance sensor Switched reluctance motor "Missile" here is taken in its broad sense and...
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    displacement of a diaphragm by means of changes in inductance (reluctance), linear variable differential transformer (LVDT), Hall effect, or by eddy current...
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    Switched reluctance linear motors (SRLMs) (also known as linear switched reluctance motors (LSRMs), variable reluctance linear motor or switched reluctance linear...
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    A variable-frequency drive (VFD, or adjustable-frequency drive, adjustable-speed drive, variable-speed drive, AC drive, micro drive, inverter drive, variable...
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    needed] A typical magnetic pickup is a transducer (specifically a variable reluctance sensor) that consists of one or more permanent magnets (usually alnico...
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    instructed to take. Variable reluctance (VR) motors have a soft iron rotor and operate based on the principle that minimum reluctance occurs with minimum...
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  • with sensor amplifiers and large control modules consumed the entire back end of a station wagon. Input data came from variable reluctance sensors installed...
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    Squirrel-cage induction motor SRM – Switched reluctance motor SyRM – Synchronous reluctance motor VFD – Variable-frequency drive WRIM – Wound-rotor induction...
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    permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), but can also be a switched reluctance motor, or an induction (asynchronous) motor. They may also use neodymium...
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    Linear encoder (category Position sensors)
    Magnetic linear encoders employ either active (magnetized) or passive (variable reluctance) scales and position may be sensed using sense-coils, Hall effect...
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    magnetic circuits, that can be used in place of the more common resistance–reluctance model. The model makes permeance elements analogous to electrical capacitance...
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    magnetic permeability. The high permeability of mu-metal provides a low reluctance path for magnetic flux, leading to its use in magnetic shields against...
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  • Direct torque control (DTC) is one method used in variable-frequency drives to control the torque (and thus finally the speed) of three-phase AC electric...
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    started in 1974. During Phase 1, more test sites were researched, variable-reluctance motor was developed and Aramis' competition was eliminated. Phase...
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    induction motors are increasingly being installed in variable-speed applications using variable-frequency drives (VFD). VFD offers energy savings opportunities...
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  • of energy into the system. Choosing variables that are convenient to measure, particularly ones that the sensor is sensing, may be more useful. For instance...
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  • the fundamental variables, which gives rise to the concept of magnetic reluctance, does not correctly model energy flow. The variable pair mmf and magnetic...
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    Smartphone (section Sensors)
    circuit (IC) chips, various sensors, and support for multiple wireless communication protocols. Examples of smartphone sensors include accelerometers, barometers...
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    Sonar (redirect from Variable depth sonar)
    magnetostrictive materials is Galfenol. Other types of transducers include variable-reluctance (or moving-armature, or electromagnetic) transducers, where magnetic...
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    Current Sensor and How is it Used?". Retrieved 2011-12-22. Friedrich, Andreas P.; Lemme, Helmuth (2000-05-01). "The Universal Current Sensor". Fierce...
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    laws, Turkey's intention to export the Altay themselves, and Japan's reluctance to license the engine.  Japan (129 purchased as of 2024 + 12 planned for...
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    any non-operative sensor. Crankshaft position and speed are determined by input signals generated by poles in a magnetic reluctance disc. The system may...
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    overheating.[citation needed] High-frequency alternators of the variable-reluctance type were applied commercially to radio transmission in low-frequency...
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    the magnets this creates areas of high reluctance allowing carmakers to obtain some of the benefits of reluctance motors as well as of permanent magnet...
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    are not power conjugate variables. The product of these is not in units of power and the ratio, known as magnetic reluctance, does not measure the rate...
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