SENSORS AND ACTUATORS

Submitted To:
Presented By:
GOVIND KRISHNA GOYAL Ram Singh
DIVYRAJ SHARMA Assistant Professor
GAURAV SHARMA
III SEMESTER
Department of Electrical Engineering
Jaipur Engineering college and Research centre ,Jaipur
 Sensors and Actuators

Sections:

1.Sensors

2.Actuators
 Sensors

Stimulus (s) Signal (S)

Physical Sensing Conditioning Target

Medium Element Handling

Temperature Resistance Voltage Information

Transducers
Micro-sensors 10-6m
 Sensors

• Sensor is a device which detects or

measures a physical property and records,
indicates, or otherwise responds to it.
• Two basic categories: Ultrasonic
1. Analog (distance)
2. Discrete
• Binary
• Digital (e.g., pulse counter)
Light
(light intensity)
Sound Touch
(db pressure)
 Other Sensors
 Temperature
 RFID
 Barcode
 Proximity
 Vision
 Gyroscope
 Compass
 Tilt/Acceleration
 Etc.
 Actuators
• A device which converts fluid, power into mechanical
power is known as actuator.
• • An actuator transforms the output of a controller into a
controlling action! Motion.
• • It produces physical changes such as linear or angular
displacement.
• • Examples Solenoids, electric motors, hydraulic cylinder,
pneumatic cylinders and motors.
 The change is usually mechanical (e.g., position or
velocity)
 An actuator is also a transducer because it changes one
type of physical quantity into some alternative form
 Actuators

Logical Mechanism
Signal Signal Processing Electric Hydraulic
& Amplification Final Actuation
Pneumatic
Element

Actuator
Sensor
 Types of Actuators
1. Electrical actuators
› Electric motors
 DC servomotors
 AC motors
 Stepper motors
› Solenoids
2. Hydraulic actuators
› Use hydraulic fluid to amplify the controller
command signal
3. Pneumatic actuators
› Use compressed air as the driving force
Stepper motor and
Servomotor