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Resistance Transducer

Resistive transducers, also called variable resistance transducers, are commonly used to measure various physical quantities by changing them into a variable resistance that can be easily measured. They work on the principle that the resistance of a conductor is directly proportional to its length and inversely proportional to its area. Some common types are potentiometers, thermistors, and strain gauges. Applications include measuring temperature, pressure, displacement, force, and vibrations. The transducer's resistance changes based on the measured property, allowing easy conversion to an electrical signal. They are low-cost, provide quick responses, and are suitable for both AC and DC measurements.

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Resistance Transducer

Resistive transducers, also called variable resistance transducers, are commonly used to measure various physical quantities by changing them into a variable resistance that can be easily measured. They work on the principle that the resistance of a conductor is directly proportional to its length and inversely proportional to its area. Some common types are potentiometers, thermistors, and strain gauges. Applications include measuring temperature, pressure, displacement, force, and vibrations. The transducer's resistance changes based on the measured property, allowing easy conversion to an electrical signal. They are low-cost, provide quick responses, and are suitable for both AC and DC measurements.

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Resistance

Transducers
MANASY JAYASURYA
Asst. Professor
Dept. of Computer Science & Applications
St.Mary’s College, Thrissur
Introduction
The resistive transducers or resistive sensors are also called as variable resistance
transducers.
The variable resistance transducers are one of the most commonly used types of
transducers.
They can be used for measuring various physical quantities, such as, temperatur
e, pressure, displacement, force, vibrations etc.
These transducers are usually used as the secondary transducers, where the out
put from the primary mechanical transducer acts as the input for the variable res
istance transducer.
The output obtained from it is calibrated against the input quantity and it direct
ly gives the value of the input.
The variable resistance transducer elements work on the principle that the resist
ance of the conductor is directly proportional to the length of the conductor an
d inversely proportional to the area of the conductor.
What is Resistive Transducer?

The resistive transducer can be defined as; the resistance of a transducer can be changed due to the eff
ects of the environment.  
Here, the resistance change can be calculated with the help of measuring devices like AC or DC.
The main purpose of this transducer is to measure physical quantities such as vibration, displacement,
temperature, etc.
The physical quantity measurement is fairly not easy.
The physical quantities can be changed by using this transducer into variable resistance.
By using the meters, it can be measured easily. The method of difference in resistance is extensively use
d within industrial applications.
This transducer works on both the primary & the secondary.
The primary transducer converts the physical quantities to a mechanical signal whereas the secondary t
ransducer converts to an electrical signal directly.
The major types of resistive transducer include potentiometers, resistive position transducers, resistive p
ressure transducers, thermistors, strain gauges, and LDR.
Working of Resistive Transducer : Principle
This is the most frequently used transducer to calculate pressure, temperature, force, displacemen
t, vibrations, etc.
To understand the working of a resistive transducer, the conductor rod is considered as an exampl
e of this transducer.
These transducers work on the principle of the length of a conductor which is directly proportional
to the conductor’s resistance & it is inversely proportional to the conductor’s area.
So, the denominated length of the conductor is ‘L’, the area is ‘A’ and resistance is ‘R’ and the resist
ivity is ‘ρ’.
 It is stable for every material which is used in conductor construction.
R = ρL/A
From the above equation,
‘R’ is the resistance of the conductor.
‘A’ is the side view part of the conductor.
“L’ is the conductor’s length.
‘ρ’ – the resistivity of the conductor.
Applications of Resistive Transducer
• These transducers are mainly used to calculate the temperature in several applications.
• The applications of resistive transducer include potentiometer, resistance thermometer, st
rain gauges, thermistor, etc.
• These transducers are used to measure displacement.
• The best examples of this transducer are potentiometers like rotator & translation. The re
sistance of these can be changed with the deviation within their lengths to measure the d
isplacement.
• The semiconductor material’s resistance can be changed when the strain happens on it. T
his property can be used to measure force, displacement, and pressure, etc.
• The metal’s resistance can be changed due to temperature change. So this property can b
e used to calculate the temperature.
• The working principle of this is the thermistor materials temperature coefficient can be ch
anged by the temperature. The temperature coefficient of the thermistor is negative whic
h means this is inversely proportional to resistance.
Advantages of Resistive Transducer

• These transducers give quick responses.


• These are available in different sizes and they have high resistance.
• The voltage otherwise current for both the AC & DC is suitable for calculating variable re
sistance.
• They are low-cost.
• The operation of these transducers is very easy and used in various applications wherever
the necessities are not mostly severe.
• These are used to measure the huge amplitudes of displacement.
• Its electrical efficiency is extremely high and gives adequate output to let control operatio
ns.
Disadvantages
When using these transducers, huge power is necessary to move the sliding contacts. The sli
ding contacts can exhaust, become uneven and produce noise.
Reference

https://www.elprocus.com/resistive-transducer-working-and-its-applications/
http://ecoursesonline.iasri.res.in/mod/resource/view.php?id=3591#:~:text=The%20resistive%20
transducers%20or%20resistive,called%20as%20variable%20resistance%20transducers.&text=
The%20variable%20resistance%20transducer%20elements,the%20area%20of%20the%20co
nductor
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