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Research sensors and actuators

Instructions

This lesson covered sensors and actuators. Research and describe one sensor and one actuator that can be used with an IoT dev kit, including:

  • What it does
  • The electronics/hardware used inside
  • Is it analog or digital
  • What the units and range of inputs or measurements is

Rubric

CriteriaExemplaryAdequateNeeds Improvement
Describe a sensorDescribed a sensor including with details for all 4 sections listed above.Described a sensor, but was only able to provide 2-3 of the sections aboveDescribed a sensor, but was only able to provide 1 of the sections above
Describe an actuatorDescribed an actuator including with details for all 4 sections listed above.Described an actuator, but was only able to provide 2-3 of the sections aboveDescribed an actuator, but was only able to provide 1 of the sections above