Handbook of modern sensors : physics, designs, and applications / Jacob Fraden.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Data acquisition -- Sensor characteristics -- Physical principles of sensing -- Optical components of sensors -- Interface electronic circuits -- Occupancy and motion detectors -- Position, displacement, and level -- Velocity and acceleration -- Force, strain and tactile sensors -- Pressure sensors -- Flow sensors -- Acoustic sensors -- Humidity and moisture sensors -- Light detectors -- Radiation detectors -- Temperature sensors -- Chemical sensors -- Sensor technologies

"An ideal desktop reference for students, applied physicists and engineers, sensor designers, and technicians who select sensors for practical systems, the Handbook is also a perfect textbook for related courses."--Jacket