Understanding Position Sensors
暫譯: 理解位置感測器

本書解釋了用於測量線性和角度/旋轉位置的傳感器技術的理論和應用，提供了對傳感器設計及其功能的重要資訊。書中包含了一章有關傳感器輸出和通信協議的內容，適用於各類工業傳感器。

David S. Nyce, a scientist, engineer, and inventor, has developed sensors of many types for over 40 years. He has worked as an electronics, mechanical, and chemical engineer as well as technical manager, operations manager, technical consultant, and business owner. His duties have ranged from development engineer and project engineer, to chief engineer, director of technology, general manager, vice president, and owner. He founded the Revolution Sensor Company in 2003 and has developed industrial, commercial, medical, military, aerospace, undersea, and automotive products, including an automated production line for onboard automotive sensors.

His experience comprises the design of transducers, sensors, and instrumentation for many types of measurement, including temperature sensing using a thermocouple, RTD, thermistor, or semiconductor; pressure sensing with LVDT, resistive, strain gage, and diffused semiconductor sensing elements; resistive and strain gage flow sensors; linear and angular position, velocity, and acceleration transducers and sensors with LVDT, Hall effect, inductive, capacitive, optical, magnetostrictive, and distributed impedance technologies; resistive, inductive, and force-balance acceler-ometers; liquid level sensors based on ultrasonic waves, magnetostriction, capacitive, LVDT, and distributed impedance technologies; densimeters; gas analysis using flame ionization, chemiluminescence, infra-red, paramagnetic, zirconia, and electrochemical techniques; and intrinsic safety, explosion proof, purging, and inerting safety systems.

Nyce holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, and Master of Business Administration. He is the inventor on twenty nine US patents.

He is an FAA-certificated airplane and helicopter pilot and an NRA-certified firearms instructor and has other hobbies, including competitive shooting, amateur rocketry, photography, riding Harleys, teaching science classes at local schools, teaching children to build and fly model airplanes and amateur rockets, playing beach doubles volleyball, archery, knife and axe-throwing, brewing beer, winemaking, hang gliding, hunting, fishing, boating, kayaking, and flying model aircraft.

大衛·S·奈斯（David S. Nyce）是一位科學家、工程師和發明家，擁有超過40年的各類型傳感器開發經驗。他曾擔任電子、機械和化學工程師，以及技術經理、運營經理、技術顧問和企業主。他的職務範圍從開發工程師和專案工程師，到首席工程師、技術總監、總經理、副總裁和擁有者。他於2003年創立了革命傳感器公司（Revolution Sensor Company），並開發了工業、商業、醫療、軍事、航空航天、水下和汽車產品，包括一條自動化的汽車傳感器生產線。

他的經驗包括設計各類測量用的傳感器、傳感器和儀器，涵蓋多種測量類型，包括使用熱電偶、RTD、熱敏電阻或半導體的溫度感測；使用LVDT、電阻式、應變計和擴散半導體感測元件的壓力感測；電阻式和應變計流量傳感器；使用LVDT、霍爾效應、感應式、電容式、光學、磁致伸縮和分佈阻抗技術的線性和角度位置、速度和加速度傳感器；電阻式、感應式和力平衡加速度計；基於超聲波、磁致伸縮、電容式、LVDT和分佈阻抗技術的液位傳感器；密度計；使用火焰電離、化學發光、紅外線、順磁性、鋯石和電化學技術的氣體分析；以及本質安全、防爆、排氣和惰性安全系統。

奈斯擁有電機工程學士學位和工商管理碩士學位。他是29項美國專利的發明人。

他是一名美國聯邦航空局（FAA）認證的飛機和直升機飛行員，以及全國步槍協會（NRA）認證的槍械教練，還有其他愛好，包括競技射擊、業餘火箭發射、攝影、騎乘哈雷摩托車、在當地學校教授科學課程、教孩子們製作和飛行模型飛機及業餘火箭、打沙灘雙打排球、射箭、投擲刀和斧、釀造啤酒、釀酒、滑翔、狩獵、釣魚、划船、皮划艇和飛行模型飛機。