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	<onlyinclude>'''Transducers''' are devices that ~~transform energy from~~ one form ~~into~~ another.</onlyinclude> The term "transducer" is the collective term for sensors - ~~such~~ as the electric 'eye' ~~that~~ opens automatic doors for people - and ~~actuators - the electronic components that move such as microphones and loudspeakers~~.		[[Category:Done 2018-07-20]]
			<onlyinclude>'''Transducers''' are devices that convert one form of energy (an input signal—usually physical, like motion) to another (an output signal—usually electrical).</onlyinclude><ref name="oxford">Atkins, T., & Escudier, M., "A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering. : Oxford University Press", 2013</ref> The term "transducer" is the collective term for '''sensors''' and '''actuators'''. The purpose of a sensor is to respond to a physical property input (non-electric, like motion) and convert it into an electrical signal that is compatible with an electronic circuit. An actuator on the other hand can be described as the opposite of a sensor. It converts electrical energy into typically non-electrical energy. <ref>Fraden J, "Handbook of Modern Sensors Physics, Designs, and Applications," Fourth Edition. Springer, 2016, p.3</ref> For example, an electric-'eye' (which opens automatic doors for people) is a sensor, and a robot's arm is an actuator.

			Another type of transducer (specifically, a sensor) is a microphone picking up someone signing (Figure 1). This input signal (the person's voice) is converted by the transducer into an electronic signal. This signal is processed and transmitted, perhaps over a radio [[wave]]. This radio wave hits a receiver, like a [[cell phone]] and a transducer turns the signal into sound that can be heard.

			[[File:Signal_processing_system.png\|800px\|center\|thumb\|Figure 1. A signal, like the sound of someone singing goes through a transducer and turns that into an electronic signal. As another example, an electronic signal can be run through a transducer and put out a sound.<ref>By Brews ohare [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons</ref>]]
	To learn more about transducers visit [http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/io/io_1.html basic electronics tutorials].		To learn more about transducers visit [http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/io/io_1.html basic electronics tutorials].

	[[~~Category~~:~~Done 2015-03-06~~]]		==For further reading==
			*[[Electromotive force]]
			*[[Lenz's law]]
			*[[Electric generator]]
			*Or explore a [[Special:Random\|random page]]

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<onlyinclude>'''Transducers''' are devices that transform energy from one form into another.</onlyinclude> The term "transducer" is the collective term for sensors - such as the electric 'eye' that opens automatic doors for people - and actuators - the electronic components that move such as microphones and loudspeakers.

To learn more about transducers visit [http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/io/io_1.html basic electronics tutorials].

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