ABSTRACT

Many classical devices and systems are equipped with sensors. These sensors have their specific function and a fixed place inside the technical system. The technical environment of each sensor is stable, and the input and output channels as well as the power supply are well defined. Such types of sensors are very useful for measurement tasks, which can be defined clearly by the kind and strength of expected input signals, by the required position of the sensors inside the system, and the boundary conditions of operation. But the design and application of such sensors demand an accurate predefinition of sensor function and its technical embedding. The construction of the sensor has to reconsider the expected incoming signals and the required output data and placing of the sensor. These decisions demand a restrictive selection of expected input signals in the phase of designing the technical system, already.