Quick Answer
What is Sensor?
A sensor is a component that detects physical phenomena — temperature, motion, light, sound — and converts them into signals.
Embedded Systems
Sensor
By Glintr Editorial TeamReviewed by Glintr Learn ReviewersUpdated 5 min readArea: Embedded Systems
Definition
Sensors turn the physical world into data. Temperature, accelerometer, camera, microphone and gas sensors are the input layer of embedded systems and IoT products.
Related Concepts
- Embedded SystemsEmbedded Systems are dedicated computing systems built into a product to perform a specific function.
- MicrocontrollerA microcontroller is a small computer on a single chip, used to control embedded devices.
- Internet of ThingsThe Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of physical devices that sense, connect and exchange data over the internet.