Automotive, Transportation
- Air-fuel ratio meter
- Blind spot monitor
- Crankshaft position sensor
- Curb feeler, used to warn driver of curbs
- Defect detector, used on railroads to detect axle and signal problems in passing trains
- Engine coolant temperature sensor, or ECT sensor, used to measure the engine temperature
- Hall effect sensor, used to time the speed of wheels and shafts
- MAP sensor, Manifold Absolute Pressure, used in regulating fuel metering.
- Mass flow sensor, or mass airflow (MAF) sensor, used to tell the ECU the mass of air entering the engine
- Oxygen sensor, used to monitor the amount of oxygen in the exhaust
- Parking sensors, used to alert the driver of unseen obstacles during parking manoeuvres
- Radar gun, used to detect the speed of other objects
- Speedometer, used measure the instantaneous speed of a land vehicle
- Speed sensor, used to detect the speed of an object
- Throttle position sensor, used to monitor the position of the throttle in an internal combustion engine
- Tire-pressure monitoring sensor, used to monitor the air pressure inside the tires
- Torque sensor, or torque transducer or torquemeter measures torque (twisting force) on a rotating system.
- Transmission fluid temperature sensor, used to measure the temperature of the transmission fluid
- Turbine speed sensor (TSS), or input speed sensor (ISS), used to measure the rotational speed of the input shaft or torque converter
- Variable reluctance sensor, used to measure position and speed of moving metal components
- Vehicle speed sensor (VSS), used to measure the speed of the vehicle
- Water sensor or water-in-fuel sensor, used to indicate the presence of water in fuel
- Wheel speed sensor, used for reading the speed of a vehicle's wheel rotation
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