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1. Sensors are devices that detect changes in the environment and send the information to other electronics like computers. Common sensors measure properties like temperature, pressure, and flow. Sensors come in many forms from touch buttons to medical devices. 2. A proximity sensor detects nearby objects without physical contact by emitting electromagnetic fields or beams and detecting changes in the fields. Proximity sensors are reliable and have long lifespans since they lack moving parts. They are used to monitor machine vibrations. 3. Proximity sensors detect objects non-contact while process sensors like pressure sensors make contact. Proximity sensors convert movement or presence to signals using eddy currents, capacitance changes, or magnets/reed switches.

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1. Sensors are devices that detect changes in the environment and send the information to other electronics like computers. Common sensors measure properties like temperature, pressure, and flow. Sensors come in many forms from touch buttons to medical devices. 2. A proximity sensor detects nearby objects without physical contact by emitting electromagnetic fields or beams and detecting changes in the fields. Proximity sensors are reliable and have long lifespans since they lack moving parts. They are used to monitor machine vibrations. 3. Proximity sensors detect objects non-contact while process sensors like pressure sensors make contact. Proximity sensors convert movement or presence to signals using eddy currents, capacitance changes, or magnets/reed switches.

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Balba, King Patrick V.

ME-5202

1. What is Sensor?

In the broadest definition, a sensor is a device, module, machine, or subsystem


whose purpose is to detect events or changes in its environment and send the
information to other electronics, frequently a computer processor. A sensor is always
used with other electronics.

Sensors are used in everyday objects such as touch-sensitive elevator buttons


(tactile sensor) and lamps which dim or brighten by touching the base, besides
innumerable applications of which most people are never aware. With advances
in micromachinery and easy-to-use microcontroller platforms, the uses of sensors have
expanded beyond the traditional fields of temperature, pressure or flow measurement,
[1]
 for example into MARG sensors. Moreover, analog sensors such
as potentiometers and force-sensing resistors are still widely used. Applications include
manufacturing and machinery, airplanes and aerospace, cars, medicine, robotics and
many other aspects of our day-to-day life. There are a wide range of other sensors,
measuring chemical & physical properties of materials. A few examples include optical
sensors for Refractive index measurement, vibrational sensors for fluid viscosity
measurement and electro-chemical sensor for monitoring pH of fluids.

A sensor's sensitivity indicates how much the sensor's output changes when the
input quantity being measured changes. For instance, if the mercury in a thermometer
moves 1 cm when the temperature changes by 1 °C, the sensitivity is 1 cm/°C (it is
basically the slope dy/dx assuming a linear characteristic). Some sensors can also
affect what they measure; for instance, a room temperature thermometer inserted into a
hot cup of liquid cools the liquid while the liquid heats the thermometer. Sensors are
usually designed to have a small effect on what is measured; making the sensor smaller
often improves this and may introduce other advantages.

Technological progress allows more and more sensors to be manufactured on


a microscopic scale as microsensors using MEMS technology. In most cases, a
microsensor reaches a significantly faster measurement time and higher sensitivity
compared with macroscopic approaches. Due the increasing demand for rapid,
affordable and reliable information in today's world, disposable sensors—low-cost and
easy‐to‐use devices for short‐term monitoring or single‐shot measurements—have
recently gained growing importance. Using this class of sensors, critical analytical
information can be obtained by anyone, anywhere and at any time, without the need for
recalibration and worrying about contamination.

2. What is proximity sensor?

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 field or a beam of electromagnetic


radiation (infrared, for instance), and looks for changes in the field or return signal. The
object being sensed is often referred to as the proximity sensor's target. Different
proximity sensor targets demand different sensors. For example, a capacitive proximity
sensor or photoelectric sensor might be suitable for a plastic target; an inductive
proximity sensor always requires a metal target.

Proximity sensors can have a high reliability and long functional life because of the
absence of mechanical parts and lack of physical contact between the sensor and the
sensed object.

Proximity sensors are also used in machine vibration monitoring to measure the
variation in distance between a shaft and its support bearing. This is common in large
steam turbines, compressors, and motors that use sleeve-type bearings.

3. What is the difference between proximity sensors and process automation sensors?
(Ex: Pressure Sensor)

Proximity Sensor" includes all sensors that perform non-contact detection in


comparison to sensors, such as limit switches, that detect objects by physically
contacting them. Proximity Sensors convert information on the movement or presence
of an object into an electrical signal. There are three types of detection systems that do
this conversion: systems that use the eddy currents that are generated in metallic
sensing objects by electromagnetic induction, systems that detect changes in electrical
capacity when approaching the sensing object, and systems that use magnets and reed
switches.

The Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) define Proximity Sensors in JIS C 8201-5-2
(Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear, Part 5: Control circuit devices and switching
elements, Section 2: Proximity switches), which conforms to the IEC 60947-5-2
definition of non-contact position detection switches.

4. Draw and describe each type of proximity sensor.

 NEW Analog Proximity Sensor


 NEW Long Range Proximity
Sensor
 Inductive Metal Face Sensor
 Miniature Proximity Sensors
 AC, DC; 2, 3 and 4 wire
 Tubular, Rectangular & Ring
Shaped
 Pre-wired or Quick Disconnect
Connectors
 Extended Operating Distance
 High Temperature inductive
 TTL Compatible
 NAMUR
 AC/DC
 DC
 Adjustable Operating Distance
 Programmable Output
Functions
 AC/DC NO or NC selectable
 Protective Housings

 AC, DC
 Direct Reflection
 Reflection with Reflector
 Thru Beam
 Adjustable Operating Distances
 Programmable Output Function
 DC NPN/PNP NO+NC Selectable
 AC NO/NC Selectable

 Hermetically sealed
 Large Operating Distances
 NO, NO+NC

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