Founded in 1854, O'Fallon's namesake comes from Colonel John O'Fallon who was a wealthy gentleman from St. Louis. In downtown O'Fallon, a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad railroad depot was built, which helped put O'Fallon on the map.
â¢ Transducers and sensors are physical devices that are used in electrical, electronic and many other types of gadgets and appliances. â¢ Transducers are used to convert one energy type into another while sensors measure energy levels and convert them into electrical signals that can be measured digitally.
They work on the energy conversion principle. They produce an electrical signal proportional to the input (physical quantity). For example, a thermocouple is an active transducer. Passive Transducers. Transducers which require an external power source for their operation is called as a passive transducer. They produce an output signal in the form of some variation in resistance, capacitance or any other electrical parameter, which than has to be converted to an equivalent current or voltage signal.