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    Sensors" redirects here. For other uses, see Sensors (disambiguation).

    "Detector" redirects here. For detector circuits in radio and other signal-related electronics,
    see Detector (radio).
    This article is about the type of device. It is not to be confused with Censor, Censure, or Censer.

    Different types of light sensors

    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. [2]
    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.[2][3] 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. [4]

    Contents

     1Classification of measurement errors


    o 1.1Sensor deviations
    o 1.2Resolution
     2Chemical sensor
     3Biosensor
     4MOS sensors
    o 4.1Biochemical sensors
    o 4.2Image sensors
    o 4.3Monitoring sensors
     5See also
     6References
     7Further reading

    Classification of measurement errors[edit]

    An infrared sensor

    A good sensor obeys the following rules[4]:

     it is sensitive to the measured property


     it is insensitive to any other property likely to be encountered in its application, and
     it does not influence the measured property.
    Most sensors have a linear transfer function. The sensitivity is then defined as the ratio between
    the output signal and measured property. For example, if a sensor measures temperature and
    has a voltage output, the sensitivity is a constant with the units [V/K]. The sensitivity is the slope
    of the transfer function. Converting the sensor's electrical output (for example V) to the measured
    units (for example K) requires dividing the electrical output by the slope (or multiplying by its
    reciprocal). In addition, an offset is frequently added or subtracted. For example, −40 must be
    added to the output if 0 V output corresponds to −40 C input.
    For an analog sensor signal to be processed, or used in digital equipment, it needs to be
    converted to a digital signal, using an analog-to-digital converter.

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