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Overview
As part of the National Instruments Measurement Fundamentals Series, this set of tutorials helps you learn about a specific
common measurement application topic through theory explanations and practical examples.
To view the complete list of in-depth measurement tutorials, please return to the Measurement Fundamentals Main Page
Table of Contents
1. Sensor Terminology
2. Taking Thermocouple Temperature Measurements
3. Measuring Temperature with an RTD or Thermistor
4. Measuring Strain with Strain Gages
5. Measuring Pressure with Pressure Sensors
6. Accelerometer Principles
1. Sensor Terminology
Sensors, like other areas of technology, have a specific terminology that you must understand before you
can apply them properly. Learn some of the most common terms in this tutorial.
Get an introduction to thermocouples, which are inexpensive sensing devices widely used with PC-based data
acquisition systems. Also review some specific thermocouple examples and learn how thermocouples work
and ways to integrate them into a data acquisition measurement system.
Explore resistive temperature detectors (RTDs) and thermistors, which are both electrical resistors with
resistance that changes with temperature. In this tutorial, learn more about RTDs and thermistors as well as
how to integrate them into a data acquisition measurement system.
Become familiar with the basics of strain gages, which are commonly used to measure the deformation of a
body due to an applied force. Learn more about strain itself, how strain gages work, and how to accurately
measure strain with a strain gage.
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5. Measuring Pressure with Pressure Sensors
Review pressure measurement basics. Pressure is defined as the force per unit area that a fluid exerts on its
surroundings, and pressure sensors measure this force. Learn more about pressure itself, the different types
of pressure sensors, how pressure sensors work, and how to integrate a pressure into a measurement
system.
Explore the several physical processes that you can use to develop a sensor to measure acceleration. In
applications that involve flight, such as aircraft and satellites, accelerometers are based on rotating mass
properties. In the industrial world, however, the most common design is based on a combination of Newton's
law of mass acceleration and Hooke's law of spring action.
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