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This article lists the design principles of sensors of physical or mechanical quantities. It solely presents the most commonly used devises such as, for instance sensors of torque, force , weight, pressure, proximity, displacement, temperature and gas. This list is thus not exhaustive. This article finishes by presenting the new generation of sensors and in particular the smart sensors which integrate an internal calculation devise, a signal conditioning system, a communication interface and chemical sensors.
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Yves PARMANTIER: Research engineer - Coordinator of the Sensors cluster – Automatismes, Université d'Orléans
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Frédéric KRATZ: University Professor - Institut Prisme, ENSIB (École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Bourges) - Team leader - MCDS project (system modeling, control and diagnostics)
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In all the following paragraphs, the diagrams are not restrictive; they represent only the most commonly used devices.
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