# What are the types of Linear displacement transducers?

**URL:** <https://forumautomation.com/t/what-are-the-types-of-linear-displacement-transducers/2351>\
**Category:** Instrumentation\
**Tags:** calibration\
**Created:** [September 27, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://forumautomation.com/t/what-are-the-types-of-linear-displacement-transducers/2351 "2017-09-27T11:44:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://forumautomation.com/t/what-are-the-types-of-linear-displacement-transducers/2351/1 "2017-09-27T11:44:05Z")

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- **Resistive potentiometer**

- **[LVDT](https://automationforum.co/2018/03/linear-variable-differential-transformerslvdt.html)**

- **Strain gauge**

- **Capacitive transducer**

- **Variable inductance transducer**

- **Piezoelectric transducer**

- **Photo electric transducer**

- **Hall effect transducer**

- **Digital transducer**