Electrical Engineering: Principles & Applications (6th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133116646
ISBN 13: 978-0-13311-664-9

Chapter 1 - 1.1 - Problems - Overview of Electrical Engineering - Page 35: P1.4

Answer

A transducer converts one form of energy into a different form of energy.

Work Step by Step

While transducers may not seem overly important, they are quite important for many of the technological advances in society today. Consider a voice remote, for instance. When we speak to the remote, a transducer is needed to convert the energy of the sound wave of our voice into an electrical signal.
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