This is a list of sensors sorted by sensor type.
Acoustic, sound, vibration Acoustic radiometer Geophone Hydrophone Microphone Pickup Seismometer Sound locator
Automotive Air flow meter Air–fuel ratio meter Blind spot monitor Crankshaft position sensor (CKP) Curb feeler Defect detector Engine coolant temperature sensor Hall effect sensor Wheel speed sensor Airbag sensors Automatic transmission speed sensor Brake fluid pressure sensor Camshaft position sensor (CMP) Cylinder Head Temperature gauge Engine crankcase pressure sensor Exhaust gas temperature sensor Fuel level sensor Fuel pressure sensor Knock sensor Light sensor MAP sensor Mass airflow sensor (MAF) Oil level sensor Oil pressure sensor Omniview technology Oxygen sensor (O2) Parking sensor Radar gun Radar sensor Speed sensor Throttle position sensor Tire pressure sensor Torque sensor Transmission fluid temperature sensor Turbine speed sensor Variable reluctance sensor Vehicle speed sensor Water-in-fuel sensor Wheel speed sensor ABS sensors
Chemical Breathalyzer Carbon dioxide sensor Carbon monoxide detector Catalytic bead sensor Chemical field-effect transistor Chemiresistor Electrochemical gas sensor Electronic nose Electrolyte–insulator–semiconductor sensor Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy Fluorescent chloride sensors Holographic sensor Hydrocarbon dew point analyzer Hydrogen sensor Hydrogen sulfide sensor Infrared point sensor Ion-selective electrode ISFET Nondispersive infrared sensor Nose Microwave chemistry sensor Morphix Chameleon Nitrogen oxide sensor Nondispersive infrared sensor Olfactometer Optode Oxygen sensor Ozone monitor Pellistor pH glass electrode Potentiometric sensor Redox electrode Smoke detector Zinc oxide nanorod sensor
Electric current, electric potential, magnetic, radio Current sensor Daly detector Electroscope Electron multiplier Faraday cup Galvanometer Hall effect sensor Hall probe Magnetic anomaly detector Magnetometer Magnetoresistance MEMS magnetic field sensor Metal detector Planar Hall sensor Radio direction finder Test light Voltage detector
Environment, weather, moisture, humidity Actinometer Air pollution sensor Bedwetting alarm Ceilometer Dew warning Electrochemical gas sensor Fish counter Frequency domain sensor Gas detector Hook gauge evaporimeter Humistor Hygrometer Leaf sensor Lysimeter Pyranometer Pyrgeometer Psychrometer Rain gauge Rain sensor Seismometer SNOTEL Snow gauge Soil moisture sensor Stream gauge Tide gauge Weather radar
Flow, fluid velocity Air flow meter Anemometer Flow sensor Gas meter Mass flow sensor Water meter
Ionizing radiation, subatomic particles Bubble chamber Cloud chamber Geiger counter Geiger–Müller tube Ionization chamber Gaseous ionization detectors Neutron detection Particle detector Proportional counter Scintillator Scintillation counter Semiconductor detector Thermoluminescent dosimeter Wire chamber
Navigation instruments Airspeed indicator Altimeter Attitude indicator Depth gauge Fluxgate compass Gyroscope Inertial navigation system Inertial reference unit Machmeter Magnetic compass MHD sensor Ring laser gyroscope Sextant Turn coordinator Variometer Vibrating structure gyroscope Yaw-rate sensor
Position, angle, displacement, distance, speed, acceleration Accelerometer Auxanometer Capacitive displacement sensor Capacitive sensing Displacement sensor (general article) Flex sensor Free fall sensor Gravimeter Gyroscopic sensor Impact sensor Inclinometer Incremental encoder Integrated circuit piezoelectric sensor Laser rangefinder Laser surface velocimeter LIDAR Linear encoder Linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) Liquid capacitive inclinometers Odometer Photoelectric sensor Piezoelectric accelerometer Position sensor Position sensitive device Angular rate sensor Rotary encoder Rotary variable differential transformer Selsyn Shock detector Shock data logger Sudden Motion Sensor Tilt sensor Tachometer Ultrasonic thickness gauge Ultra-wideband radar Variable reluctance sensor Velocity receiver Magnetic sensor
Optical, light, imaging, photon Charge-coupled device CMOS sensor Angle–sensitive pixel Colorimeter Contact image sensor Electro-optical sensor Flame detector Infra-red sensor Kinetic inductance detector LED as light sensor Light-addressable potentiometric sensor Nichols radiometer Fiber optic sensors Optical position sensor Thermopile laser sensors Photodetector Photodiode Photomultiplier Photomultiplier tube Phototransistor Photoelectric sensor Photoionization detector Photomultiplier Photoresistor Photoswitch Phototube Scintillometer Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor Single-photon avalanche diode Superconducting nanowire single-photon detector Transition-edge sensor Visible Light Photon Counter Wavefront sensor
Pressure Barograph Barometer Boost gauge Bourdon gauge Hot filament ionization gauge Ionization gauge McLeod gauge Oscillating U-tube Permanent downhole gauge Piezometer Pirani gauge Pressure sensor Pressure gauge Tactile sensor Time pressure gauge
Force, density, level Bhangmeter Hydrometer Force gauge and Force Sensor Level sensor Load cell Magnetic level gauge Nuclear density gauge Piezocapacitive pressure sensor Piezoelectric sensor Strain gauge Torque sensor Viscometer
Thermal, heat, temperature Bolometer Bimetallic strip Calorimeter Exhaust gas temperature gauge Flame detection Gardon gauge Golay cell Heat flux sensor Infrared thermometer Microbolometer Microwave radiometer Net radiometer Quartz thermometer Resistance thermometer Silicon bandgap temperature sensor Special sensor microwave/imager Temperature gauge Thermistor Thermocouple Thermometer Phosphor thermometry Pyrometer
Proximity, presence Alarm sensor Doppler radar Motion detector Occupancy sensor Proximity sensor Passive infrared sensor Reed switch Stud finder Triangulation sensor Touch switch Wired glove
Sensor technology Active pixel sensor Back-illuminated sensor BioFET Biochip Biosensor Capacitance probe Capacitive sensing Catadioptric sensor Carbon paste electrode Digital sensors Displacement receiver Electromechanical film Electro-optical sensor Electrochemical fatigue crack sensor Fabry–Pérot interferometer Fiber Bragg grating Fisheries acoustics Image sensor Image sensor format Inductive sensor Intelligent sensor Lab-on-a-chip Leaf sensor Machine vision Microelectromechanical systems MOSFET Photoelasticity Quantum sensor Radar Ground-penetrating radar Synthetic aperture radar Radar tracker Stretch sensor Sensor array Sensor fusion Sensor grid Sensor node Soft sensor Sonar Staring array Tapered element oscillating microbalance (TEOM) Transducer Ultrasonic sensor Video sensor Visual sensor network Wheatstone bridge Wireless sensor network Through-beam edge sensor
Speed sensor Speed sensors are machines used to detect the speed of an object, usually a transport vehicle. They include:
Wheel speed sensors Speedometers Pitometer logs Pitot tubes Airspeed indicators Piezo sensors (e.g. in a road surface) LIDAR Ground speed radar Doppler radar ANPR (where vehicles are timed over a fixed distance) Laser surface velocimeters for moving surfaces Bicycle speed sensors
Others Actigraphy Air pollution sensor Analog image processing Atomic force microscopy Atomic Gravitational Wave Interferometric Sensor Attitude control (spacecraft): Horizon sensor, Earth sensor, Moon sensor, Satellite Sensor, Sun sensor Catadioptric sensor Chemoreceptor Compressive sensing Cryogenic particle detectors Dew warning Diffusion tensor imaging Digital holography Electronic tongue Fine Guidance Sensor Flat panel detector Functional magnetic resonance imaging Glass break detector Heartbeat sensor Hyperspectral sensors IRIS (Biosensor), Interferometric Reflectance Imaging Sensor Laser beam profiler Littoral Airborne Sensor/Hyperspectral LORROS Millimeter wave scanner Magnetic resonance imaging Moire deflectometry Molecular sensor Nanosensor Nano-tetherball Sensor Omnidirectional camera Organoleptic sensors Optical coherence tomography Phase unwrapping techniques Polygraph Truth Detection Positron emission tomography Push broom scanner Quantization (signal processing) Range imaging Scanning SQUID microscope Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) Smartdust SQUID, Superconducting quantum interference device SSIES, Special Sensors-Ions, Electrons, and Scintillation thermal plasma analysis package SSMIS, Special Sensor Microwave Imager / Sounder Structured-light 3D scanner Sun sensor, Attitude control (spacecraft) Superconducting nanowire single-photon detector Thin-film thickness monitor Time-of-flight camera TriDAR, Triangulation and LIDAR Automated Rendezvous and Docking Unattended Ground Sensors
References
Global List of Sensor Manufacturers List of commercial sensor manufacturers from around the world