The word "Transducer" is the collective term used for both Sensors that can be used to detect a wide range of different energy forms, such as movement, electrical signals, radiant energy, thermal or magnetic energy, etc., and actuators that can be use to change voltages or currents.
There are many different types of sensors and transducers, both analog and digital, and input and output available to choose from. The type of input or output transducer that is actually used depends on the type of signal or process that is "Detected" or "Controlled", but we can define a sensor and transducers as devices that convert one physical quantity into another.
Devices that perform an "Input" function are commonly referred to as Sensors because they "detect" a physical change in some feature that changes in response to some excitation, for example, heat or force, and the disguise in an electrical signal. Devices that perform an "Output" function are generally called Actuators and are used to control some external device, for example, movement or sound.
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