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.
Force sensor types. In biomechanical applications, forces are mainly quantified using strain gauge, piezoelectric or capacitive transducers. Strain gauge is the most common type of force transducers. Strain gauge measurement relies on the fact that structures subjected to external forces deform (see Part 3.2).