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Slide Group 008 Sensors & Smart Textiles
Slide Group 008 Sensors & Smart Textiles
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Signal/Stimuli
Detect
Respond
Physical parameter
A simple sensor?
Detectable Phenomenon
Stimulus
Acoustic
Electric
Magnetic
Quantity
Wave (amplitude, phase, polarization), Spectrum, Wave
Velocity
Optical
Thermal
Mechanical
5 Criterions of classifications
Primary Input quantity
Transduction principles (Using physical and chemical effects)
Material and Technology
Property
Application
HUMAN SENSES
[Vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch]
Examples:
Each of our senses need a certain amount of energy to work properly
Light must be a certain brightness to see
sound must be loud enough to hear
The pressure on our skin must be great enough to feel. The skin must be sensitive
enough to detect the difference in temperature--hot or cold.
HUMAN VISION
VISION SENSORS
SOUND SENSORS
Importance: human hearing is limited
Microphones can detect sound at extremely low
volumes
Ultrasound devices detect sounds at very high
frequencies
Communication
Whales, submarines
SMELL SENSORS
Human smell is limited to a certain number of chemical
compounds in the air
Smoke detectors
There are environmental parameters that are important to our
survival that cannot be sensed by the human senses examples:
carbon monoxide, radon, etc.
HUMAN BODY
-TASTE Four tastes that can be recognized by the tongue:
sweet, sour, bitter, and salty.
TASTE SENSORS
Human taste requires direct contact with the compound
Taste sensor
Example: Litmus paper can tell if a compound is acidic or a base
FEEL SENSORS
Humans can detect change in temperature relative to
the environment
Quadrature
Printers
Disk Drives
Temperature
Thermistors
Temperature Sensitive Resistor
Large DR for DT
Very Stable
Not Very Sensitive
Conventional Textiles
Design
Durability
Tactility
Smart Textiles
Design
Durability
Tactility
Functionality
Signal/Stimuli
Detect
Respond
Physical parameter
Sensor
Electronics + Textiles
Subgroups
Passive smart textiles :
only sense the environment, they are sensors
react to
Material Developments
conductive materials
color change materials
optical fibers
phase change materials
shape memory
stimuli sensitive polymers
piezoelectric
Conductive Materials
Possibilities