Sensors and Transducers
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The official GTU curriculum for Sensors and Transducers (subject code DI02024021) as prescribed for AI & DS · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 39 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (DI02024021)Unit 1 Characteristics & Classification of Sensors and Transducers
- Role & Definition of Sensors
- Transducers and Actuators
- Characteristics: Range
- Input and output full scale
- Dynamic range
- Nonlinearity saturation
- Frequency response
- Response time
- Excitation, and Reliability
- Classification of Sensors and Transducers
- Basic requirements
- Selection criteria
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Electrical Transducer
Unit 2 Mechanical and Electromechanical sensors/Transducers
- Strain gauge: Theory
- design consideration
- Inductive sensor: common types- Reluctance change type
- Mutual inductance change type
- transformer action type
- Magneto strictive type
- LVDT: Construction
- output input relationship
- Proximity sensor: types
Unit 3 Capacitive sensors/Transducers
- Capacitive Transducers: Working Principle based on Variable distance-parallel plate type
- variable area- parallel plate
- serrated plate/teeth type and cylindrical type
- variable dielectric constant type
- Piezoelectric element: piezoelectric effect
- piezo capacitive force/displacement construction
Unit 4 Thermal sensors
- Resistance change type: RTD materials
- Thermistor material
- ranges and accuracy specification
- Thermocouple: types
- thermoelectric power
- general consideration
- Junction semiconductor type IC
Unit 5 Radiation sensors
- LDR: materials
- Photovoltaic cells: construction
- solar energy percentage utilization
- Program Name: Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Power Electronics Course / Subject Code: DI02024021 Course / Subject Name: Sensors & Transducers cell energy and series-parallel connections
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