Physics A-Level
Digital pulse
What Digital pulse means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Digital pulse
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Produced from a peak Hall voltage, and counting these over a fixed time yields the rotation rate.
Topics that use Digital pulse
- Hall effect sensor (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Attitude monitoring
- Calibration and compensation
- Hall effect
- Hall voltage
- Hall effect sensor
- Lorentz force on charge carriers
- Tachometer
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