Talk:Hall effect sensor

message: I subtly changed the opening sentence. I changed 
  ... voltage in response to a change in magnetic field... 
into 
  ... voltage in response to a magnetic field.
An electromagnet changes its output voltage in response to a change in magnetic field, while a hall sensor measures the magnetic field strength itself. Rewolff (talk) 06:59, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: with reference to this fix, I found this reference: when the magnetic flux passing through the Hall sensor exceeds a pre-set value the output from the device switches quickly between its “OFF” condition to an “ON” condition (http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/electromagnetism/hall-effect.html). I think it is better to mention the magnetic flux. What does it happen if I use a stronger magnet? I should have a stronger field but the threshold is set and the sensor reaction time is not said to change. Yet, I guess a stronger magnet makes the switch quicker because the field's density is higher. Density means flux.--95.232.129.249 (talk) 18:07, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Possibly confusion there between the linear sensor and the device it is used in. The device often includes a circuit to provide a digital output. A threshold detector will turn an output transistor on to essentially close the switch to give a digital (binary) output. - Rod57 (talk) 16:02, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  fix in opening sentence 

message: Hall effect sensor survived the Votes for deletion page. (Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Hall effect sensor) Sjakkalle 15:41, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Excellent animation. I wish Wikipedia had more animated .gif's, I'd be willing to make some for other articles if anyone had any suggestions. Well done! Davepetr 11:45, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with the above unsigned comment, keyboards are not typically a must-operate-every-time application. Also, "Electricity carried through a conductor" is not correct. Electrical current (in the form of electron flow) passes through a conductor.Additionally, Hall sensors are transducers which produce a signal analogous to a physical event, thus "Hall sensors are commonly used to time the speed of wheels and shafts" is incorrect. Hall sensors provide a signal to circuits which have been designed to do any number of things: frequency-to-voltage conversion, pulses per given unit of time, alarm hold-off signals,... etc. The above phrase would be more sensible if it read "Hall sensors are commonly used in circuits which monitor the activity of wheels and shafts..."Makuabob (talk) 21:45, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I also agree. The statement seems quite out of place in the logic flow. Consider rewording by 1) creating a leadup, referring to the high reliability because they are solid-state sensors (no moving parts).. then lead into that comment. Don't just throw it in with no context.--144.191.148.3 (talk) 13:11, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Animation ... wording re use in keyboards ... 

message: Since this pae is about the sensors themselves, it would benefit by addition of A) commercial sensors available, B) information on homebrew or research sensors and how to construct them. 169.237.215.179 20:18, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request sensors list 

message: Disagree with User:Omegatron, Hall effect sensor and Hall probe should not be merged.  The topics are certainly related but they are describing to different things.  Hall probe is a precision instrument while the Hall effects sensor is a consumer product.  I believe both articles can stand on their own. Armstrong1113149 (talk) 19:26, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge with Hall Probe 

message: The picture of a "Clutch with Hall Effect sensor" is in fact a thermostatically clutched engine fan or 'thermatic' fan with a hall effect sensor. Calling an engine fan a clutch, even if it contains a clutch of sorts, seems misleading. The term clutch would normally refer to the transmission clutch as given as the primary definition at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutch.    Djapa Owen 14:11, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clutch picture title misleading 

message: Substituted at 17:01, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: There was no reason for the hyphenated title - moved the article from "Hall-effect sensor" to "Hall effect sensor."  I've copied the rest of the article over to my sandbox and am working on a full rewrite. PianoDan (talk) 22:48, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changed Page Title 

message: I tried to fix many of the grammatical and organizational problems with the article.  I added a few more sources, and deleted some of the superfluous material. (Keyboard models, I'm looking at you.) I strongly feel that a hyphen is NOT required in "Hall effect sensor," per WP:MOS, because an "effect sensor" is not a common or intuitive term, and therefore disambiguation is not required between Hall (effect sensor) and (Hall effect) sensor.  This is doubly true given the presence of the link to the Hall effect in the lede.
It's not perfect yet, and could definitely use another pair of eyes to tighten things up further, but I think it's an improvement. PianoDan (talk) 17:43, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major rewrite 

message: As I mentioned Talk:Hall effect, the application of the Hall effect is the *Hall effect sensor*. So I cut the relatively large Hall effect#Applications section from there and pasted it into this article, and did a bunch of reordering and retweakings to make the merge work.
I will suggest future editors try to keep the Hall effect article focused on the theory of the Hall effect, while this Hall sensor article can focus on the large verity of sensing applications, with just enough basic theory to show how a Hall sensor is made from Hall elements. Em3rgent0rdr (talk) 18:16, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  I cut [[Hall effect#Applications]] and merged it into this article