Any device that converts information from one physical form to another. Examples: a phono cartridge (mechanical to electrical); a speaker (electrical to mechanical).
An electroacoustic or magnetoacoustic device containing an element for converting electrical energy into acoustical energy and vice versa. See search unit. (Course Material/Ultrasonics/Introduction/history.htm)(Course Material/EquipmentTrans/characteristicspt.htm)
A device that converts one form of energy to another. Examples are loudspeakers which change electrical energy into acoustical energy and microphones that change acoustical energy into electrical energy.
Any device or element which converts an input signal into an output signal of a different form. A transducer changes energy from one form to another. A microphone is a transducer that changes acoustical energy (sound) into electrical energy (voltage). A loudspeaker is a transducer that changes electrical energy into mechanical energy, producing sound or acoustical energy.
a device that provides a usable output in response to a specific physical quantity, property, or condition which is measured.
An antenna which converts electrical energy into a sound waves and vice versa.
In audio, a device to convert sound to electrical energy or vice versa. Microphones and loudspeakers are two type of transducers. Microphones convert sound into electrical energy; loudspeakers convert electrical energy back into sound.
An instrument which is placed on the mother's abdomen and transmits high frequency sound waves which are bounced off the fetus and uterus. The signals returned are sent to computer where they built up into a graphical image of the baby in the uterus. It forms part of the ultrasound scanner.
A device that emits the sound waves and translate the echo into the electric signals.
Electrical device used to convert one signal to another; the transducers carried by Simpson convert high AC current signals to a 4-20 mA DC process signal
device designed to convert energy from one form to another
The collection of hundreds of bars that generate the sound waves.
Device for converting signals from one form to another, such as a microphone or a receiver.
a fully packaged, signal conditioned, compensated and calibrated sensor.
An element or device which receives information in the form of one quantity and converts it to information in the same or an other quantity or form. For example a load cell converts a strain induced by an applied load into an electrical signal.
Outputs electrical signal proportional to a force or pressure input.
a physical part of the sensor (detector), that amplifies the primary signal to usable level. According to the IUPAC definition of chemical sensor one of the two principal components of the chemical sensor. The receptor part converts chemical information into a form of energy acceptable by the transducer and then the analytical signal is generated.
an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another
a devcie for converting one form of energy into another
a devices that converts the output of a sensor (in response to a change in quantity the sensor is responsive to) into a useful format, typically a voltage or current which changes proportionally to the sensor response
a microphone, but unlike standard mics it does not pick up the sound waves from the air
an electronic device that both sends and receives a pressure wave
an element that converts energy from one form to another
a subsytem which converts energy from one form into another, where one of the forms is electrical
Any device which generates an electrical signal from real world physical measurements.
An element or device that receives information in the form of one quantity and converts it to information in the same or another quantity or form. Primary elements and transmitters are also referred to as transducers.
Any device or element which converts an input signal into an output signal of a different form; examples include the memsphone, phonograph pickup, loudspeaker, barometer, automobile horn, and doorbell.
Any device which converts sound waves into electrical signals, or vice versa. See louspeaker, microphone.
The part of the fish finder that functions like an antenna to send out sonar signals (sound waves) and receive return echoes that are displayed as pictures on the sonar screen. Eagle transducers can be attached to the transom or inside the hull of a boat, or even to a trolling motor using a special mounting.
An element or device that receives a signal in the form of one quantity and converts it to a signal in the form of another quantity for example, current to pressure.
That part of the acoustic sonar system which converts an electrical signal to a mechanical vibration in order to move adjacent water particles so as to cause a pressure wave.
Any device that translates a physical parameter into an electrical parameter. Tachometers and encoders are examples of transducers.
Any device which transduces (converts) one form of energy into another. For example; a microphone transduces sound energy into electrical energy.
A transducer converts one form of energy into another. Many sensors operate on the principle of transduction, for example, converting a pressure signal into an electrical signal.
A small microphone that sends and receives sound waves and sends them to a computer, resulting in an ultrasound image or a graph of a baby’s heartbeat.
A piece of equipment that converts a physical signal into an electrical signal.
In acoustics this term is used to describe an antenna which converts electrical energy into sound wave and vice versa.
A device that translates pressure, temperature, pulse or sound to an electrical signal.
A device that converts a specific physical quantity such as sound, pressure, strain, or light intensity into an electrical signal.
A device that takes mechanical force (pressure) and converts it to an electrical energy. In the case of our product offering, a transducer will be a unit with a voltage output (i.e. 1-5 Vdc, 0-5 Vdc, etc.)
A device which converts one form of energy into another. Examples include the microphone (which converts air pressure changes into analog electrical signal) and the loudspeaker (which converts analog electrical signal into the movement of air). (See "Analog")
a device producing an electrical output signal in response to an input signal which may be in the form of applied force or displacement
In ammunition research, a piezoelectric device made of quartz which develops a voltage directly proportional to the pressure applied to it. Used to measure chamber pressures.
A device (or sensor) that converts a physical condition (non-electrical signal) to an electrical signal.
A device that converts one form of energy into another. For example, in fiber optics, a device that converts light signals into electrical signals.
A device designed to convert one form of energy into another. An example of a transducer that converts acoustic sound energy to electrical energy is a microphone; examples of a transducer that convert electrical energy to acoustic sound energy are speakers and headphones.
a device for transferring energy from one form to another, used to describe a form of pickup used for amplifying acoustic instruments (see piezo transducer).
A device which converts a physical quantity into an electrical signal. Examples include thermocouples and photocells. Most sensors are also transducers.
A device that transforms natural events like human speech into electrical signal that can be transmitted across telecommunication network. Also see analog signal.
1) A device which converts energy from one medium to another. 2) Any of various devices that transmit energy from one system to another, sometimes one that converts the energy in form. Loudspeaker transducers convert electrical energy into mechanical motion.
Any device that converts one form of energy into another form of energy, specifically when one of the quantities is electrical. Thus, a loudspeaker converts electrical impulses into sound (mechanical impulses), a microphone converts sound into electrical impulses, a solar cell converts light into electricity, etc.
A device which converts sound into electrical energy (a microphone), or electrical energy into sound (a speaker).
A device capable of converting electrical energy to mechanical energy and reciprocally converting mechanical energy to electrical energy (IEC 86).
A device that converts energy from one form to another. A microphone is a transducer that converts sound wave energy into electrical pulses.
Device for changing one kind of energy into another, typically from heat, position, or pressure into a varying electrical voltage or vice-versa, such as a microphone or speaker.
A device for transforming or converting power from one form to another. Thus, a microphone is a transducer which converts variations of sound pressure into variations of electrical current, and a loudspeaker is a transducer which performs the reverse function.
A device for converting energy from one form to another; for example, in ultrasonic testing, conversion of electrical pulses to acoustic waves and vice-versa.
a device able to quantitatively convert non-electrical domain data into electrical domain data (e.g. photocell)
A mechanism which converts energy from one form to another. For example, a diaphragm converts soundwaves to mechanical vibrations, while a microphone converts them to electrical current, and a loudspeaker or earphone converts electrical energy into soundwaves. The diaphragm, microphone and loudspeaker are all transducers.
a device that converts an input signal of one form into an output signal of another form. Often used interchangeably but not necessarily correctly with sensor. In this work, "sensor" generally refers to the "raw" sensing element which is strictly speaking a transducer, and the term "transducer" is used to describe a sensor with some signal conditioning within the package
A device that converts one form of energy into another, usually into an electrical signal that can be measured and recorded by our data loggers. Campbell Scientific uses the words probe, sensor, and transducer interchangeably.
A device for translating the magnitude of one quantity into another quantity.
Changes one form of energy into another; in EDM it is used to change electromagnetic force into mechanical force for the machining of graphite. Although there is sound produced when machining graphite, it is too high pitched for most human hearing.
A device that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, such as a speaker.
In ultrasound, the device that emits sound waves and transmits them to a computer, resulting in the ultrasound image.
A transducer is a device which emits sound waves and transmits them to a computer, resulting in an ultrasound image.
a device that translates one form of energy to another, such as during an ultrasound when high frequency sound waves are transmitted through a transducer and then converted into electrical impulses. An echocardiograph machine converts the electrical impulses into images that are displayed onto a monitor and recorded.
A device that converts one form of energy or disturbance into another. Transducers convert AC or DC into sound, radio waves or other forms
A device that changes electrical energy into mechanical energy and vice-versa (i.e., telephone receiver).
A device for converting energy from one form to another, specifically called the measurement of pressure differential in natural gas gate stations.
A device for converting energy from one form to another, such as optical energy to electrical energy.
In audio, a device to convert sound to electrical energy or vice versa. Microphones and loudspeakers are two type of transducers. Also refers to the portion of a microphone that is directly involved with conversion of sound energy to electrical energy. A phono cartridge also is a transducer, one that converts mechanical energy (vibration of the stylus) into electrical energy.
A device that emits sound waves and transmits images to be displayed by ultrasound
A device, much like a microphone, that converts input energy of one form into output energy of another. Fishfinders separate and enhance the information received from a transducer to show underwater objects.
A Device that converts one type of energy-electrical, acoustical, magnetic or mechanical-into another. Examples include a phono cartridge, magnetic record or playback head, speaker, microphone or cathode ray tube (CRT).
A device that transfers power or energy from one system to another, such as taking a physical quality and changing it to an electrical signal.
An instrument that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. A transducer can also act as a transmitter and receiver of ultrasound information.
A device for converting variations in one physical quantity, as pressure, brightness, etc., quantitatively into variations in another, as voltage, position, etc; esp. a device for converting a non-electrical to an electrical signal.
A device for converting one form of energy to another, such as vibratory to electrical (phonograph pickup), or electric signals to audible sounds (loud-speakers).
A device (or medium) that converts energy from one form to another. The term is generally applied to devices that take physical phenomenon (pressure, temperature, humidity, flow, etc.) and convert it to an electrical signal.
A device which converts one form of energy into another. The diaphragm in the telephone receiver and the carbon microphone in the transmitter are transducers. They change the vibrations in sound pressure (the voice) into variations in electricity and vice versa.
A device that receives energy in one form and supplies an ouput in another form.
A device that converts energy from one form to another. It normally applies to devices that convert physical measurements into electrical signals.
A device which converts energy from one form into another, i.e. an ac generator transducer which converts the mechanical motion of anemometer cups into an electrical signal.
The hand-held portion of the ultrasound imaging machine, which sends sound waves into the body, and records echoes produced by the waves.
A substance or device, that converts input energy of one form into output energy of another.
An electronic sensing device mounted in a boat's bilge or at the bottom of the transom to provide data for a depth sounder.
A device to convert electrical energy into sound waves, and vice versa.
A microphone, video camera, or other device that can convert sounds or images to electrical signals.
Device that converts signals from one form to another.
A device that converts one form of energy to another. Playback transducers are the phono cartridge, which changes mechanical vibrations into electrical energy, and the loudspeakers, which change it back, from electrical energy coming from the amp to mechanical movement of the diaphragm, causing audible pressure changes in the air.
a device that transforms energy from one form to another. Examples of electromechanical transducers include microphones (which convert acoustic pressure into electrical voltage) and loudspeakers (which convert voltages into acoustic pressure).
The part of a flow meter that senses fluid as it passes through the device.
A device that changes energy from one form to another.
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A device for the conversion of one form of energy to another. Example: Microphones, speakers, batteries, motors.
A vacuum valve that converts (transducers) an electrical signal into a vacuum signal, which is then used to control another vacuum device such as a vacuum motor.
Originates from the Latin transducere to ‘lead across'. Transducers are devices which transform variations in a physical quantity, such as pressure, temperature, flow, or vibration into a proportional electrical signal.
A device for converting one form of energy to another, such as mechanical energy to electrical energy.
Change of one form of energy to another form of energy or information
A device that changes a signal to a different physical form while maintaining its pattern: as in the phonograph cartridge , which transforms stylus motions into electrical signals, or the loudspeaker, which transforms electrical signals into sound waves.
A device that converts one form of energy to another. A microphone transducer (cartridge) con-verts acoustical energy (sound) into electrical energy (the audio signal).
The device used in ultrasound that emits sound waves and transmits them to a computer, resulting in the ultrasound image.
A device for changing electrical signals to acoustical or vice versa, such as a microphone or loudspeaker.
Any device that translates the magnitude of one quantity into another quantity. Four of the most common transducers used in measurements are pressure transducer, accelerometer, velocity transducer, and eddy current probe.
Any device that converts an input signal to an output signal of a different form; it can be a transmitter or receiver in a logging probe.
device that produces an electrical output that is proportional to a mechanical input.
A device that emits sound waves and transmits the signals to a computer that displays an ultrasound image
Any device which converts an input signal into an output signal of a different energy form (i.e. acoustic to electric). A microphone is a good example of a transducer as it converts mechanical energy to electrical energy.
a device that transforms a physical parameter into an electrical signal, as in a Transonic ultrasound flowprobe; the ultrasound signal produced by the piezoelectric crystals is transformed and converted into an electrical signal proportional to volume flow.
Device for converting energy from one form to another, eg a loudspeaker converts from electrical to acoustic, a playback tapehead converts from magnetic to electrical.
The component that converts the sensed load into electrical signals.
A device that receives and transmits energy. In many instances, the energy that is received is transmitted in a different form.
A device that receives energy from one system and transmits it to another system. The transmission may or may not be in a different form. Example: A manifold pressure sensor converts vacuum into an electrical signal and sends the signal to a computer system.
An electronic device, hand-held for most ultrasound procedures, that sends out and receives very high-pitched sound waves (too high for the human ear to detect) for diagnostic imaging.
An instrument that transmits and receives sound waves during an ultrasound exam. Transducers are generally pressed against the skin; however, special transducers may be used in the vagina and rectum.
A device which senses some varying condition and converts it to an electrical signal for transmission to some other device (a receiver) for processing or decision-making.
A device such as an electrode or gauge that, in psychophysiology, converts physiological indicators into other forms of energy that can be recorded and measured.
a device that converts one type of energy to another, or responds to a physical parameter. A transducer is in its fundamental form a passive component. If the component is electrical then it generally has two electrical terminals.
a piezoelectric device that converts high-frequency electrical energy into high-frequency mechanical vibrations.
Transducer is a device, such as a piezoelectric crystal, microphone, or photoelectric cell, which converts input energy of one form into output energy of another .
device used to change a force into an electrical signal.
A device that emits sound waves and translates the echoes into electrical signals.
A device that senses one form of energy and converts it to another, i.e., temperature to voltage (for monitoring).
Device that converts a physical variable to an electrical variable(for example, a photocell or a thermocouple).
In ammunition research, a device containing a quartz crystal which develops a voltage directly proportional to the pressure applied to it. Used for electronic measurement of chamber pressures.
A device that converts energy from one form to another, such as optical energy to electrical energy.
A device that responds to a physical stimulus (heat, light, sound, pressure, motion, flow, and so on), and produces a corresponding electrical signal.
A device for converting energy from one form to another. For example, a thermocouple transduces heat energy into electrical energy.
The sensing element of a non-contact presence sensor that converts a change in incident sensing energy (e.g. light, sound, etc) into a proportional electrical quantity such as voltage or current.
A device used to convert energy from one form to another.
A sensitive electronic device which detects bodily functions, such as heart rate and blood pressure, and transmits signals representing those functions to a monitor so that they can be observed. [Click Here To Return To List
A device for transferring power generated in one system to another system. Various types of electronic transducers are used in connection with moulding and extruding equipment to measure, monitor and/or control linear position, pressure, temperature, speed and other factors. See separate MCMD publication covering Electronic Transducers Used By the Plastics Industry.
A transducer is a device, usually electrical, electronic, or electro-mechanical, that converts one type of energy to another for various purposes including measurement or information transfer. In a broader sense, a transducer is sometimes defined as any device that converts a signal from one form to another.