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A transducer is a device or element that may be used to convert an input signal into an output signal of a different form6. It may therefore be a device that converts a mechanical variable into an electrical one, for example a tachogenerator, or it may be capable of converting an electrical signal into a mechanical one, for example a galvanometer. Commercial usage of the term is generally accepted as meaning a device that converts a physical phenomenon into an electrical signal.
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Gregory, B.A. (1973). Transducers. In: An Introduction to Electrical Instrumentation. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01880-2_9
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