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Transducers J.R. Leeman and C. Marone Techniques of Geoscien8fic Experimenta8on October 18, 2016
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Transducers
J.R.LeemanandC.Marone
TechniquesofGeoscien8ficExperimenta8on
October18,2016
Transducersaredevicesthatconvertoneformofenergytoanother-wecommonlyusethemasreal-worldinterfaces
Ac8ve Passive Actuator Bidirec8onal
TransducerSelec8on
Whenselec8ngatransducer,youmusthaveawelldefinedapplica8onandconsideranumberofvariables
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• Range• Linearity• Sensi8vity• ResponseTime• Stability• Accuracy• Durability• Cost• SignalCondi8oning
Rangeisthespanofvaluesoverwhichthetransducerisratedtoperformat
Linearityishowmuchthesensordivergesfromanideallinearsensoroutput
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Linearityishowmuchthesensordivergesfromanideallinearsensoroutput
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Sensi8vityistheslopeoftheoutput-inputcurve
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Response8meishowlongthetransducertakestoregisterachangeinthephysicalquan8ty
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Stabilityishowconstanttheoutputofatransducerremainswhenthephysicals8mulusissta8c
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Precisionreferstothereproducibilityofagivenmeasurement
Accuracyisthemaximumdifferencebetweentherealandindicatedvalues
Durabilityishowruggedthetransduceristothemeasurementenvironmentitwillbeexposedto
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Signalcondi8oningrequirementscangreatlyimpacttheeaseofuseandcostofagiventransducer
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OffsetreferstoaDCbiasisagiventransducer’soutput
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Hysteresisisthetransducer’ssensi8vitytowhichdirec8on(up/down)thephysicalquan8tyischanging
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Dynamiclinearitydescribeshowwellatransducer’soutputcanfollowarapidlychangingquan8ty
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Temperature
Eachtypeoftemperaturesensorhasadifferentoutputcurve
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ThermocouplesworkonaprinciplecalledtheSeebeckeffect
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Twodissimilarmetalsarejoinedtomakeatransducer
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Therearemanymetalcombina8onsortypesofthermocouples
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Thechallengeisuninten8onaljunc8onsinthesystem
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Thechallengeisuninten8onaljunc8onsinthesystem
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Wemeasurethetemperatureofthe“coldjunc8on”andcompensateforitwithNISTtables
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Oruseahighorderpolynomialfit
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RTDschangeresistancebasedonthetemperature
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Mul8plesignalcondi8oningstrategiescanbeuseddependingontherequirementsandcosttradeoff
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Thermistorsalsochangetheirresistancewithtemperature
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Condi8oninghappenswithvariousresistorbridge/dividercircuits
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Displacement
Displacementmeasurementscanbeperformedinabsoluteorrela8vewayswithaWIDEvarietyoftransducers
Capaci8vedisplacementsensorsareverylownoiseandhighresolu8on
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Eddycurrentsensorsarelessexpensiveands8llrela8velylownoise
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Pressure
Pressuretransducerscomeinseveraltypes
• Absolute-measurew.r.t.aperfectvacuum• Gage-measurew.r.t.external(atmospheric)pressure• Vacuum-measurepressuresbelowatmospheric• Differen8al-measuredifferencebetweentwopoints• Sealed-measurew.r.t.asealedfixedpressure
HousingscanvaryfromPCBmounttoindustrial
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Pressuresensorsaregenerallyadeflec8onmeasurementbasedtechnology
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Strain
Straingageschangeresistancebasedupontheirstretching/compression
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Resistanceofamaterialdependsontheareaofcontact,resis8vity,andlength
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Sotensionincreasesresistance,compressiondecreasesresistance
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MoststraingagecircuitsarebasedontheWheatstoneBridge
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Thegagefactoristherela8vechangeisresistancewithstrain
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Thequarterbridgeistheleastsensi8ve,butonlyrequiresoneac8veelement
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Halfbridgesrequireonlytwoac8veelements
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Thefullbridgeisthemostsensi8vearrangement
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Temperatureplaysaroleaswellthough
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A“dummygauge”isocenusedfortemperaturecompensa8on
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Ac8vity:Calculatethetemperaturemeasurementsfromthedataincludedwiththe“ThermistorCalcula8on”ac8vity
Due:10/20
Assignment:Findsomethingtoaffixstraingaugestoforournextlabac8vity
Due:10/25
