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Types of Sensors

There are many different types of sensors, the main categories are;

• Position Sensors
• Pressure Sensors
• Temperature Sensors
• Force Sensors
• Vibration Sensors
• Piezo Sensors
• Fluid Property Sensors
• Humidity Sensors
• Strain gauges
• Photo Optic Sensors
• Flow and Level Switches

These categories can all be split further into subcategories for example, within position sensors there are the following types;

• Contacting
• Non-contacting
• Rotary
• Linear

And these types of sensors can be split even further, within non-contacting you have the following types of sensors;

• Hall effect
• Capacitive
• Eddy Current
• Ultrasonic
• Laser
• Proximity

By splitting one category – Position Sensors it is clear to see that the number of sensors present in today’s world is so vast that one blog post could not cover every type of sensor. However, here is an overview of different types of sensors AIsmart can offer.