With the help of sensors, today’s machines and devices can do more than ever before.
Connected via the Internet of Things, they help us control processes more intelligently and efficiently.
Sensors are components that can detect properties and states of their environment and of objects. Companies have used sensors for a long time, but only with the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) in recent years has there been a major surge in development.
Sensors make the IoT possible by collecting data for decisions and sending it to the cloud. This sensor data is analysed, interpreted and then turned into action, either manually or automatically. The more devices are connected, the more opportunities there are to use sensors. Conversely, advances in sensor technology drive the development of innovative consumer and industrial products.
Sensors come in a wide variety of types
- Light sensors
- UV sensors
- Infrared sensors
- Temperature sensors
- Presence sensors
- Location sensors
- Motion sensors
- Humidity sensors
- Liquid sensors
- Gas sensors
- Pressure sensors
- Acceleration sensors
- Vibration sensors
- Inductive sensors
- RFID chips
- Multisensors
- Smart sensors (e.g. with AI)