Sensors and Transducers, 3rd Edition

Sensors and Transducers, 3rd Edition

by Ian Sinclair
Released December 2000
Publisher(s): Newnes
ISBN: 9780080516998

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Book description

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-signal switches.
  • Get up to speed in this key topic through this leading practical guide
  • Understand the range of technologies and applications before specifying
  • Gain a working knowledge with a minimum of maths

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Sensors and Transducers
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface to Third Edition
  6. Preface to First Edition
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1. Strain and Pressure (1/4)
  9. Chapter 1. Strain and Pressure (2/4)
  10. Chapter 1. Strain and Pressure (3/4)
  11. Chapter 1. Strain and Pressure (4/4)
  12. Chapter 2. Position direction distance and motion (1/7)
  13. Chapter 2. Position direction distance and motion (2/7)
  14. Chapter 2. Position direction distance and motion (3/7)
  15. Chapter 2. Position direction distance and motion (4/7)
  16. Chapter 2. Position direction distance and motion (5/7)
  17. Chapter 2. Position direction distance and motion (6/7)
  18. Chapter 2. Position direction distance and motion (7/7)
  19. Chapter 3. Light and associated radiation (1/7)
  20. Chapter 3. Light and associated radiation (2/7)
  21. Chapter 3. Light and associated radiation (3/7)
  22. Chapter 3. Light and associated radiation (4/7)
  23. Chapter 3. Light and associated radiation (5/7)
  24. Chapter 3. Light and associated radiation (6/7)
  25. Chapter 3. Light and associated radiation (7/7)
  26. Chapter 4. Temperature sensors and thermal transducers (1/6)
  27. Chapter 4. Temperature sensors and thermal transducers (2/6)
  28. Chapter 4. Temperature sensors and thermal transducers (3/6)
  29. Chapter 4. Temperature sensors and thermal transducers (4/6)
  30. Chapter 4. Temperature sensors and thermal transducers (5/6)
  31. Chapter 4. Temperature sensors and thermal transducers (6/6)
  32. Chapter 5. Sound, infransound and ultrasound (1/6)
  33. Chapter 5. Sound, infransound and ultrasound (2/6)
  34. Chapter 5. Sound, infransound and ultrasound (3/6)
  35. Chapter 5. Sound, infransound and ultrasound (4/6)
  36. Chapter 5. Sound, infransound and ultrasound (5/6)
  37. Chapter 5. Sound, infransound and ultrasound (6/6)
  38. Chapter 6. Solids, liquids and gases (1/6)
  39. Chapter 6. Solids, liquids and gases (2/6)
  40. Chapter 6. Solids, liquids and gases (3/6)
  41. Chapter 6. Solids, liquids and gases (4/6)
  42. Chapter 6. Solids, liquids and gases (5/6)
  43. Chapter 6. Solids, liquids and gases (6/6)
  44. Chapter 7. Environmental senssors (1/6)
  45. Chapter 7. Environmental senssors (2/6)
  46. Chapter 7. Environmental senssors (3/6)
  47. Chapter 7. Environmental senssors (4/6)
  48. Chapter 7. Environmental senssors (5/6)
  49. Chapter 7. Environmental senssors (6/6)
  50. Chapter 8. Other sensing methods (1/2)
  51. Chapter 8. Other sensing methods (2/2)
  52. Chapter 9. Instrumentation techniques (1/6)
  53. Chapter 9. Instrumentation techniques (2/6)
  54. Chapter 9. Instrumentation techniques (3/6)
  55. Chapter 9. Instrumentation techniques (4/6)
  56. Chapter 9. Instrumentation techniques (5/6)
  57. Chapter 9. Instrumentation techniques (6/6)
  58. Chapter 10. Switch principles (1/3)
  59. Chapter 10. Switch principles (2/3)
  60. Chapter 10. Switch principles (3/3)
  61. Chapter 11. Switch mechanisms (1/5)
  62. Chapter 11. Switch mechanisms (2/5)
  63. Chapter 11. Switch mechanisms (3/5)
  64. Chapter 11. Switch mechanisms (4/5)
  65. Chapter 11. Switch mechanisms (5/5)
  66. Chapter 12. SIgnal-carrying switches (1/4)
  67. Chapter 12. SIgnal-carrying switches (2/4)
  68. Chapter 12. SIgnal-carrying switches (3/4)
  69. Chapter 12. SIgnal-carrying switches (4/4)
  70. Appendix A: Suppliers of sensors and transducers
  71. Appendix B: Glossary of terms
  72. Index (1/2)
  73. Index (2/2)

Product information

  • Title: Sensors and Transducers, 3rd Edition
  • Author(s): Ian Sinclair
  • Release date: December 2000
  • Publisher(s): Newnes
  • ISBN: 9780080516998