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...

pressure sensor (MAP sensor) is one of the sensors used in an internal combustion engine's electronic control system. Engines that use a MAP sensor are typically...

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...

A tactile sensor is a device that measures information arising from physical interaction with its environment. Tactile sensors are generally modeled after...

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...

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) refer to networks of spatially dispersed and dedicated sensors that monitor and record the physical conditions of the...

this sensor. Types of crank sensor include: the inductive sensor, Hall Effect sensor, magnetoresistive sensor, and optical sensor. Inductive sensors have...

A piezoelectric sensor is a device that uses the piezoelectric effect to measure changes in pressure, acceleration, temperature, strain, or force by converting...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

temperature sensor Fuel level sensor Fuel pressure sensor Knock sensor Light sensor MAP sensor Mass airflow sensor Oil level sensor Oil pressure sensor Omniview...

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...

A mass (air) flow sensor (MAF) is a sensor used to determine the mass flow rate of air entering a fuel-injected internal combustion engine. The air mass...

In telecommunication, the term alarm sensor has the following meanings: 1. In communications systems, a device that can sense an abnormal condition within...

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...

The Lace Sensor is a guitar pickup designed by Don Lace and manufactured by AGI (Actodyne General International) since 1985. Lace Sensors are true single...

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...

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...

Sensor fusion is the process of combining sensor data or data derived from disparate sources so that the resulting information has less uncertainty than...

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...

catadioptric sensor is a visual sensor that contains mirrors (catoptrics) and lenses (dioptrics), a combined catadioptric system. These are panoramic sensors created...

A potentiometric sensor is a type of chemical sensor that may be used to determine the analytical concentration of some components of the analyte gas...

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...

Contact image sensors (CIS) are image sensors used in flatbed scanners almost in direct contact with the object to be scanned. Charge-coupled devices...

Bio-Sensor (バイオセンサー, Baiosensa) is a 1984 Japanese animated surreal short film produced by Takashi Fukumoto at Toyo Links and Hitoshi Nishimura at Osaka...

The CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon is a United States Air Force 1,000-pound (450 kg)-class freefall Cluster Bomb Unit. It was developed and produced by Textron...

A digital sensor is an electronic or electrochemical sensor, where data is digitally converted and transmitted. Sensors are often used for analytical...