The document discusses various conventional measurement and control techniques used in mechanical and mechatronic systems. It describes approaches for measuring load, pressure, temperature, water level, flow, humidity, vibration, and light using mechanical and electronic components like strain gauges, bourdon tubes, thermostats, floats, potentiometers, capacitive sensors, ultrasonic sensors, and light sensors. The techniques range from simple analog methods to more advanced sensor-based digital methods.
The document discusses various conventional measurement and control techniques used in mechanical and mechatronic systems. It describes approaches for measuring load, pressure, temperature, water level, flow, humidity, vibration, and light using mechanical and electronic components like strain gauges, bourdon tubes, thermostats, floats, potentiometers, capacitive sensors, ultrasonic sensors, and light sensors. The techniques range from simple analog methods to more advanced sensor-based digital methods.
The document discusses various conventional measurement and control techniques used in mechanical and mechatronic systems. It describes approaches for measuring load, pressure, temperature, water level, flow, humidity, vibration, and light using mechanical and electronic components like strain gauges, bourdon tubes, thermostats, floats, potentiometers, capacitive sensors, ultrasonic sensors, and light sensors. The techniques range from simple analog methods to more advanced sensor-based digital methods.
Weighing Machine (Mechanical) Measuring Load/Force Using Load Cell (Strain gauge) Weighing Machine (Digital) Measurement of Pressure (Using Manometer) Measurement of Pressure (Simple Bourdan Tube) Measurement of Pressure Sensor (LVDT) based Measurement of Pressure Load Cell (Strain gauge) based Temperature Control for a Domestic Heating/Cooling system • Conventional Method : Using the Bimetallic strip
Changes in Temperature is used to operate an on/off
switch for the Heating/Cooling system. Bimetallic Thermostate Switches Temperature Control for a Domestic Heating/Cooling system using Thermo-diode With a constant current applied, the voltage across a diode or PN junction will decrease by approximately 1 to 2 mV/°C over temperature. Water level Indicator/Measurement (Manual/Floats) • A direct method of monitoring the level of liquid in a vessel is by monitoring the movement of a float. Water level Indicator/Measurement (Potentiometer Sensor based) Water level Indicator/Measurement (Capacitive Sensor based) Water level Indicator/Measurement (Ultrasonic Sensor based) Measurement of Flow Measurement of Flow Measurement of Humidity Measurement of Humidity Vibration Measurement Vibration Measurement Vibration Measurement Measurement of Light