List of sensors
This is a list of sensors sorted by sensor type.
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Contents
- 1 Acoustic, sound, vibration
- 2 Automotive, transportation
- 3 Chemical
- 4 Electric current, electric potential, magnetic, radio
- 5 Environment, weather, moisture, humidity
- 6 Flow, fluid velocity
- 7 Ionising radiation, subatomic particles
- 8 Navigation instruments
- 9 Position, angle, displacement, distance, speed, acceleration
- 10 Optical, light, imaging, photon
- 11 Pressure
- 12 Force, density, level
- 13 Thermal, heat, temperature
- 14 Proximity, presence
- 15 Sensor technology
- 16 Other sensors and sensor related properties and concepts
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Acoustic, sound, vibration
Automotive, transportation
- Air-fuel ratio meter
- Crankshaft position sensor
- Curb feeler, used to warn driver of curbs
- Defect detector, used on railroads to detect axle and signal problems in passing trains
- Engine coolant temperature sensor, or ECT sensor, used to measure the engine temperature
- Hall effect sensor, used to time the speed of wheels and shafts
- MAP sensor, Manifold Absolute Pressure, used in regulating fuel metering.
- Mass flow sensor, or mass airflow (MAF) sensor, used to tell the ECU the mass of air entering the engine
- Oxygen sensor, used to monitor the amount of oxygen in the exhaust
- Parking sensors, used to alert the driver of unseen obstacles during parking manoeuvres
- Radar gun, used to detect the speed of other objects
- Speedometer, used measure the instantaneous speed of a land vehicle
- Speed sensor, used to detect the speed of an object
- Throttle position sensor, used to monitor the position of the throttle in an internal combustion engine
- Tire-pressure monitoring sensor, used to monitor the air pressure inside the tires
- Torque sensor, or torque transducer or torquemeter measures torque (twisting force) on a rotating system.
- Transmission fluid temperature sensor, used to measure the temperature of the transmission fluid
- Turbine speed sensor (TSS), or input speed sensor (ISS), used to measure the rotational speed of the input shaft or torque converter
- Variable reluctance sensor, used to measure position and speed of moving metal components
- Vehicle speed sensor (VSS), used to measure the speed of the vehicle
- Water sensor or water-in-fuel sensor, used to indicate the presence of water in fuel
- Wheel speed sensor, used for reading the speed of a vehicle's wheel rotation
Chemical
Electric current, electric potential, magnetic, radio
Environment, weather, moisture, humidity
Flow, fluid velocity
Ionising radiation, subatomic particles
Navigation instruments
Position, angle, displacement, distance, speed, acceleration
Optical, light, imaging, photon
Pressure
Force, density, level
Thermal, heat, temperature
Proximity, presence
Sensor technology
Other sensors and sensor related properties and concepts