Transducer

This article is about an engineering device. For the similarly named concept in computer science, see Finite-state transducer.
Not to be confused with Transductor.

A transducer is a device that converts energy from one form to another. Usually a transducer converts a signal in one form of energy to a signal in another.[1] Transducers are often employed at the boundaries of automation, measurement, and control systems, where electrical signals are converted to and from other physical quantities (energy, force, torque, light, motion, position, etc.). The process of converting one form of energy to another is known as transduction.[2]

  1. ^ Agarwal, Anant; Lang, Jeffrey H. (2005). Foundations of analog and digital electronic circuits. Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 43. ISBN 9780080506814.
  2. ^ Winer, Ethan (2013). "Part 3". Plasma Speaker. New York and London: Focal Press. ISBN 978-0-240-82100-9.