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The output of a sensor is an analogue of the quantity being measured, the measurand. Depending on the type of sensor, the output may be a voltage (mV or μV), a current or possibly another parameter, and it may have the same frequency as the measurand or it may have a carrier frequency modulated by the measurand. Most A/D converters require an input of a few volts at the same frequency as the measurand.
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© 1997 H. Rosemary Taylor
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Taylor, H.R. (1997). Signal conditioning. In: Data Acquisition for Sensor Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4905-2_4
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