Exam 8: Hall Effect Sensors and Proximity Detectors

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Proximity detectors are designed to detect the presence or absence of some object.

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____ are designed to produce an output voltage that is proportional to the strength of a magnetic field.

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How can the Hall generator be used to sense position?

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The Hall generator can be used in a manner similar to a limit switch. If the sensor is mounted beside a piece of moving equipment, and a permanent magnet is attached to the moving equipment, a voltage will be produced when the magnet moves near the sensor. The advantages of the Hall sensor are that it has no lever armor contacts to wear like a common limit switch, so it can operate through millions of operations of the machine.

Two factors determine the polarity of the voltage produced by the Hall generator: the direction of current flow and the ____ of the ____ field.

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____________________ detectors operate by emitting a pulse of high frequency sound and then detecting the echo when it bounces off an object.

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The Hall effect was discovered by Edwin H. Hall at Johns Hopkins University in 1979.

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What determines the amount of voltage produced by the Hall generator?

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____ proximity detectors will sense ferrous metals better than nonferrous.

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Discuss eddy currents as they relate to tank circuits.

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Many ultrasonic sensors have an analog output of voltage or current, the value of which is determined by the ____.

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Give an overview of proximity detectors.

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Because ____________________ proximity detectors do not depend on metal to operate, they will sense virtually any material such as wood, glass, concrete, plastic, and sheet rock.

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