Sensors

Buzzwords

LIDAR RADAR Camera Absolute encoder Incremental encoder Hysteresis Transducer

Sensor characteristics and taxonomy

• Equipartition of Energy
• Ultimate Accuracy
• Accuracy and Precision
• Sensitivity
• Linearity
• Resolution
• Full Range
• Dead Band
• Hysteresis
• Passive vs Active sensors
• Analog vs Quasi-Digital vs Digital sensors
• Open-loop vs Closed-loop

Sensor types

• Position sensors
• Potentiometers
• Pressure sensors and tensormeters
• Capacitive sensors
• Piezoelectric sensors
• Optical sensors