Physical effects and sensors / actors
List of Sensors and actors, no matter if connectable to the Arduino Board or not - categorized by physical effects. Feel free to add ideas or comments to each section or create a new section.
Moisture
actors:
add moisture: pump
remove moisture: heat, pump, hair dryer
sensor:
resistance of base material (paper + salt), moisture sensors, resistance of water, capacitive measurement
Vibration
Sensor: piezo Actor: vibration motor, all kinds of motors, speakers, many mechanical actors
Temperature
Resistive Sensor, All kinds of electric heating like Toaster,
Sound
Audible Toys, Keyboards, Audio players, Generated Audio on Arduino
microphone: dynamic, piezo, capacitive (electrete capsule) actor: speakers, motors,
(Air) pressure
sensor: microphone, bend sensors on flexible surface, vacuum cleaner, fans, balloon pumps, hair drier
Air movement
air speed measurement fan, hair drier,
Light
LED, computer screens, bulbs, photo flashes,
Graphical output / Displays
LED 7 segment display, LCD, TFT, hacked video signal, data projector, overhead projector with changing image, slide projector
Rotation
Motors, Fans, Servo, Stepper Motor, DC / Brushless Motors, Hard drive Sensors: light barrier, frequency measurement: magnet (reed-contact) rotary encoder, video analysis,
Linear movement - push - pull
Solenoids, Linear motor, Motor with belt or bolt + nut, CD-Rom, toy cars, toy railway, Printers, Scanners
distance sensors: optical, pedometer, acoustic (ultrasonic / audible), hacked optical ps/2 mouse
Position (2D)
radio controlled Toys, displays, object moved by air movement, ...
Radio
AM or FM transmitter AM or FM receiver
In the Lab:
- Bunch of Fans (approx. 20 pieces, all similar: 12V, 60x60mm)
- different Small speakers and ear plugs
- 10 W audio Amplifier
- Stepper motors, unipolar and bipolar
- 1 Solenoid 12V
- Small lamps
- 1 TV-Receiver
- IR Light with Brightness sensor
- many small DC-Motors (5 or 12V)
- different cheap cell phones
- Vacuum cleaner
I can bring
Please add your name and stuff you can bring. (choose a nick name if you don't want to have your real name here):
Martin Schied
- Different Toy-Keyboards
- 2 Water pumps (DC, 12V)
- 2 Motors from vacuum cleaner (including fan), 230V DC, but runs pretty fast on 24V
- old CDROM drive
Sebastian
- servo motors (~15)
- DC motors (~15)
- stepper motors without driver (~5)
- super-tiny solar cars (5)
- USB air quality sensor (?)
Wishlist:
old Scanner old Printer RC-Car or other RC toys
test
TIJAT