Smart Sensors

Smart Sensors
A smart sensor is an assembly of the
sensing
element
andassociated
electronics (forsignalconditioningand data
processing etc ) on the same chip.
A
a.
b.
c.

modern Smart Sensor has three parts:

Sensing element
Signal processing part
Microprocessor

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Smart Sensors: Sensor

Models
Power

Power

Physical Quantity
Sensor

Signal
Conditioning

Controller

General Sensing System Model

Power

Physical Quantity
Sensor
Element
Memory

Signal
Conditioning and
Amplification
Controller

ADC

Smart Sensor Model

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MCU
Bidirectional
Bus

Smart Sensors:
Advantages
A smart sensor takes over the load of signal
conditioning and control of sensor signal
reducing the load on central control system
allowing faster system operations
As compared to Conventional Sensor they
have smaller size
Low Power Consumption
Direct digital control provides high accuracy
not achievable with analogue control systems
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Smart Sensors: ADXL345

(Accelerometer)
Acceleration measurement system: 3-axis
Measurement range : 16 g
Measures both dynamic acceleration
resulting from motion or shock and static
acceleration, such as gravity and tilt.
Supply voltage range: 2.0 V to 3.6 V
Resolution: 13 bits
Interfaces: SPI (3- and 4-wire) and IC
FIFO Buffer: 32 Levels
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ADXL345:Working
Principle
Mass Spring System, one plate of
the capacitor is fixed and other
attached to the Mass
Acceleration moves the Mass
Spring Systems which is changes
the capacitance of the capacitor
proportional to the acceleration
c= A/d
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ADXL345: Functional Block

Diagram
Associated Electronics

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Conclusion
Sensors are omnipresent
They
embedded
in
our
bodies,
automobiles,
airplanes,
cellular
telephones, radios, chemical plants,
industrial plants and countless other
applications
Smart sensors are the new trend
In the coming decade a large number
of successful smart sensors will emerge
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Conclusion
Just as the personal computer
was a symbol of the 80s, and
the symbol of the 90s was the
World Wide Web, the next
nonlinear shift, is going to be
the advent of cheap sensors
-Paul Saffo

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