Position sensor
A position sensor is a sensor that detects an object's position. A position sensor may indicate the absolute position of the object or its relative position in terms of linear travel, rotational angle or three-dimensional space. Common types of position sensors include the following:
- Capacitive displacement sensor
- Eddy-current sensor
- Hall effect sensor
- Inductive sensor
- Laser Doppler vibrometer
- Linear variable differential transformer
- Photodiode array
- Piezo-electric transducer
- Position encoders:
- * Absolute encoder
- * Incremental encoder
- * Linear encoder
- * Rotary encoder
- Potentiometer
- Proximity sensor
- String potentiometer
- Ultrasonic sensor
Literature
- David S. Nyce: , New Jersey, John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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