Sensors and actuators are integral to countless applications, helping to create more accurate, reliable workflows and safer environments. However, many students and young engineers, despite having backgrounds in circuits and programming, often lack knowledge about sensors, sensing strategies, and interfacing.
This fully updated and expanded second edition takes a broad, application-focused, and discipline-independent approach to sensors and actuators, covering a wide range of detection methods. The author emphasizes the importance of interfacing—the mechanisms that connect sensors and actuators to ensure systems function accurately and reliably. Topics include various types of sensors and actuators (such as temperature, thermal, optical, electric, magnetic, mechanical, acoustic, chemical, radiation, and smart sensors) and their interfaces. The book also features numerous examples, problem sets, and helpful appendices.
