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Learn about the operation principles, common applications, and programming of industrial sensors.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Understanding industrial sensors
- What you should know
- Introduction to industrial sensors
- Proximity sensors
- Proximity sensors operating principle
- What are inductive proximity sensors?
- Inductive proximity sensors operating principle
- What are capacitive proximity sensors
- Capacitive proximity sensors operation principle
- Capacitive proximity sensors dielectric constant
- Introduction to temperature sensors
- What are thermocouples?
- Thermocouple types
- Thermocouple reference tables
- What are RTDs?
- RTDs operation principle and wire configurations
- Connecting thermocouples and RTD to PLC
- Introduction to pressure sensors
- Understanding range, zero, span
- Suppressed and elevated zero range
- Zero span calibration
- Pressure sensors measurement types
- Application examples
- What is a level sensor?
- Analog digital level sensors
- Ultrasonic sensors
- Next steps
Taught by
Zahraa Khalil
