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  2. Variable reluctance sensor - Wikipedia

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    The engine control unit or transmission control unit (depending on the particular automobile) uses these sensors to determine when to shift from one gear to the next. A pickup used in an electric guitar (or other musical instrument) detects vibrations of the metallic "strings". See Pickup (music technology) for details of this application.

  3. Hall effect sensor - Wikipedia

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    Hall sensors can detect stray magnetic fields easily, including that of Earth, so they work well as electronic compasses: but this also means that such stray fields can hinder accurate measurements of small magnetic fields. To solve this problem, Hall sensors are often integrated with magnetic shielding of some kind.

  4. Inductive sensor - Wikipedia

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    An inductive sensor is a device that uses the principle of electromagnetic induction to detect or measure objects. An inductor develops a magnetic field when an electric current flows through it; alternatively, a current will flow through a circuit containing an inductor when the magnetic field through it changes. This effect can be used to ...

  5. Wheel speed sensor - Wikipedia

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    Modern Hall effect sensors of this type make use of the principle of magnetic field modulation and are suitable for ferromagnetic target wheels with a module between m =1 and m = 3.5 (D.P.=25 to D.P.=7). The form of the teeth is of secondary importance; target wheels with involute or rectangular toothing can be scanned.

  6. Vibrating-sample magnetometer - Wikipedia

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    The alternating magnetic field induces an electric field in the pickup coils of the VSM. [4] The current is proportional to the magnetization of the sample - the greater the induced current, the greater the magnetization. As a result, typically a hysteresis curve will be recorded [5] and from there the magnetic properties of the sample can be ...

  7. Planar Hall sensor - Wikipedia

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    This is true for applied fields smaller than a fourth of the intrinsic effective anisotropy field (see ref. 1 for details on the working principle). The planar Hall sensor has been demonstrated as a magnetic bead detector [3] [4] and to measure the Earth's field with nanotesla precision [5] As a magnetic bead sensor, the planar Hall sensor can ...

  8. Pickup (music technology) - Wikipedia

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    A typical magnetic pickup is a transducer (specifically a variable reluctance sensor) that consists of one or more permanent magnets (usually alnico or ferrite) wrapped with a coil of several thousand turns of fine enameled copper coil. The magnet creates a magnetic field which is focused by the pickup's pole piece or pieces. [2]

  9. MEMS magnetic field sensor - Wikipedia

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    A MEMS magnetic field sensor is a small-scale microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device for detecting and measuring magnetic fields (magnetometer). Many of these operate by detecting effects of the Lorentz force : a change in voltage or resonant frequency may be measured electronically, or a mechanical displacement may be measured optically.