A sensor is a device that produces an output signal for the purpose of detecting a physical phenomenon. In the broadest definition, a sensor is a device... 25 KB (3,169 words) - 20:49, 7 May 2024 |
A proximity sensor is a sensor able to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. A proximity sensor often emits an electromagnetic... 6 KB (532 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023 |
A crank sensor (CKP) is an electronic device used in an internal combustion engine, both petrol and diesel, to monitor the position or rotational speed... 7 KB (860 words) - 09:09, 15 September 2023 |
An image sensor or imager is a sensor that detects and conveys information used to form an image. It does so by converting the variable attenuation of... 28 KB (2,979 words) - 07:41, 1 May 2024 |
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) refer to networks of spatially dispersed and dedicated sensors that monitor and record the physical conditions of the... 53 KB (6,401 words) - 14:47, 23 April 2024 |
An oxygen sensor (or lambda sensor, where lambda refers to air–fuel equivalence ratio, usually denoted by λ) or probe or sond, is an electronic device... 30 KB (4,236 words) - 19:55, 24 April 2024 |
A position sensor is a sensor that detects an object's position. A position sensor may indicate the absolute position of the object (its location) or... 1 KB (134 words) - 15:00, 20 March 2023 |
In digital photography, the image sensor format is the shape and size of the image sensor. The image sensor format of a digital camera determines the... 57 KB (6,579 words) - 17:43, 19 April 2024 |
temperature sensor Fuel level sensor Fuel pressure sensor Knock sensor Light sensor MAP sensor Mass airflow sensor Oil level sensor Oil pressure sensor Omniview... 12 KB (1,021 words) - 04:16, 7 March 2024 |
A flex sensor or bend sensor is a sensor that measures the amount of deflection or bending. Usually, the sensor is stuck to the surface, and resistance... 3 KB (287 words) - 19:19, 30 January 2024 |
A passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) is an electronic sensor that measures infrared (IR) light radiating from objects in its field of view. They are... 14 KB (1,926 words) - 07:21, 20 March 2024 |
An active-pixel sensor (APS) is an image sensor, which was invented by Peter J.W. Noble in 1968, where each pixel sensor unit cell has a photodetector... 42 KB (5,286 words) - 20:37, 1 April 2024 |
A Hall effect sensor (also known as a Hall sensor or Hall probe) is any sensor incorporating one or more Hall elements, each of which produces a voltage... 35 KB (3,866 words) - 15:24, 2 May 2024 |
A sensor hub is a microcontroller unit/coprocessor/DSP set that helps to integrate data from different sensors and process them. This technology can help... 7 KB (432 words) - 00:06, 18 March 2024 |
A Water in Fuel Sensor or WiF sensor indicates the presence of water in the fuel. It is installed in the fuel filter and when the water level in the water... 2 KB (225 words) - 12:47, 6 May 2024 |
A throttle position sensor (TPS) is a sensor used to monitor the throttle body valve position for the ECU of an engine. The sensor is usually located on... 4 KB (531 words) - 00:19, 25 April 2024 |
intelligent sensor is a sensor that takes some predefined action when it senses the appropriate input (light, heat, sound, motion, touch, etc.). The sensor has... 2 KB (184 words) - 05:29, 7 February 2024 |
A digital sensor is an electronic or electrochemical sensor, where data is digitally converted and transmitted. Sensors are often used for analytical... 4 KB (530 words) - 21:51, 24 November 2023 |
An ambient light sensor is a component in smartphones, notebooks, other mobile devices, automotive displays and LCD TVs. It is a photodetector that is... 2 KB (235 words) - 17:28, 28 June 2023 |
A photoelectric sensor is a device used to determine the distance, absence, or presence of an object by using a light transmitter, often infrared, and... 6 KB (578 words) - 12:26, 29 April 2024 |
An inductive sensor is a device that uses the principle of electromagnetic induction to detect or measure objects. An inductor develops a magnetic field... 8 KB (1,057 words) - 00:12, 17 February 2024 |
A hydrogen sensor is a gas detector that detects the presence of hydrogen. They contain micro-fabricated point-contact hydrogen sensors and are used to... 15 KB (1,556 words) - 01:45, 26 April 2024 |
Sensor fusion is the process of combining sensor data or data derived from disparate sources such that the resulting information has less uncertainty than... 25 KB (2,938 words) - 05:15, 9 April 2024 |
A Sun sensor is a navigational instrument used by spacecraft to detect the position of the Sun. Sun sensors are used for attitude control, solar array... 4 KB (302 words) - 13:54, 16 November 2023 |
Vision sensor may refer to: A camera with an imager chip Smart or intelligent vision sensor, a combination of digital camera with a processing unit Dynamic... 305 bytes (71 words) - 07:28, 27 June 2021 |