List non contact type transducer and compare them on the basis of any two factors.
Magnetic pick-up
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Photoelectric
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This tachometer generator consists of a metallic tooth rotor mounted on the shaft whose speed is to be measured.
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This method of measuring speed of rotation consists of mounting an opaque disc on the rotating shaft.
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A magnetic pick-up is placed near the toothed rotor. The magnetic pick-up consists of a housing containing a small permanent magnet with a coil wound round it.
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The disc has a number of equidistant holes on its periphery. At one side of the disc a light source is fixed like LED and on other side of the disc, and on the line of the light source, a light sensor like phototube or some photosensitive semi conducting device is placed.
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Since the number of teeth is known the speed of rotation can be determined by measuring the frequency of pulses with an electronic counter.
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N = f/HN Since the number of holes on the disc is fixed, the speed is a function of pulse rate.
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A typical rotor has 60 teeth thus if the counter counts the pulses in one second, the counter will directly display the speed in rpm.
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The pulse rate can be measured by an electronic counter which can be directly calibrated in terms of speed in rpm.
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