Unit II

Topics

• Define Sensor →
• Basic components and challenges of a sensor node →
• Sensor features →
• Sensor resolution →
• Actuator →
• Sensor classes: Analog →
• Digital →
• Scalar →
• Vector Sensors →
• Sensor Types →
• bias →
• drift →
• Hysteresis error →
• quantization error →
• Actuator types: Hydraulic →
• Pneumatic →
• electrical →
• thermal/magnetic →
• mechanical actuators →
• soft actuators →