National Polytechnic Institute of

Cambodia
Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Sensor and Alarm System

Lecture 1
Basic Sensor

2019-2020
Orn Pichnarun
 Contents

• Definition
• Type of Sensor
• Sensors in production field
• Application of sensor in production filed
• Output of sensor

L1. Basic Sensor

 Definition
• What is sensor ?
• Sensors include sensors that measure physical phenomena such
as light and sound, temperature and humidity, pressure,
distance, electricity, magnetism, velocity, acceleration, and
angular velocity, as well as gases in the atmosphere.
• Sensors are devices that generally detect changes in external
conditions, such as force, heat, light, magnetic fields, and
ultrasonic waves, and convert them to electrical signals.

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 Type of Sensor
• What Sensor do you know ?

• Why do we need sensor ?

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 Sensors in production field
It converts into electrical signals that can be control easily and
information that can be checked easily by humans

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Application of sensor in production filed

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 Output of sensor

1) ON / OFF signal output:

- Contact of sensor is open / close.

2) Analog/Digital signal output:

- Outputs as analog amount of voltage (0 to 10V,
-10V to 10V) or current (4 to 20 mA).
- Outputs as digital signal such as 4 bits or 8 bits of
data

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