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GCSE Design and Technology · key term
A resistor whose resistance changes with temperature. In an NTC thermistor, resistance decreases as temperature increases.
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Paper 1
Revise: InputsA thermistor is a resistor whose resistance changes with temperature. A commonly used type is the NTC thermistor: its resistance decreases as it gets hotter and increases as it gets colder. This behaviour should not be assumed for every type of thermistor.
Name the component as well as the input: an LDR senses light, a thermistor senses temperature and an FSR senses applied force.
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