Control Systems

Which of these is not a control system?

• Home PC
• Burglar Alarm
• Greenhouse Climate Control
• Automated Car Park Barrier

Which of these is not a sensor?

• Temperature
• Humidity
• Light
• Web Cam

Sensors can give instructions to output devices

• True

• False

Allow analogue output devices to act upon receiving digital control signals

• Actuator

• Analogue to digital converter (ADC)

• Digital conversion (DC)

• Digital motor compression (DMC)

Type of input device that can automatically take readings and measurements

• Analogue

• Actuator

• Sensor

Another name for a small computer

• Sensor

• ADC

• iPad

• Microprocessor

Sensors send readings to the microprocessor

• True

• False

Types of actuators (select all that apply)

• Pump

• Piston

• Motor

• Speaker

Needed so the computer can understand analogue sensor readings

• Digital to analogue converter (DAC)

• Analogue to digital converter (ADC)

• Sensor to digital conversion (SDC)

• Digital compression (DC)

Monitoring systems can act upon the data they receive

• True

• False