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    Linear Variable Differential Transformer Signal Conditioning Circuit Based on Phase-Locked Loop
    The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel technique for extracting the position signal from an inductive displacement transducer named a linear variable differential transformer (LVDT). In general, the movement of the LVDT core causes its primary inductance change in linear form. The primary winding of the LVDT is used as a time-dependent element for the triangular and square wave generator, which can be called self-oscillation, to generate frequency. The advantage of the proposed technique is that it can measure the displacement using the LVDT without an external oscillator. The change in primary inductance causes the frequency deviation generated by the oscillator. The deviated frequency is captured and converted into a voltage signal using the principle of the phase-locked loop. All the components used in this study are commercially available. The merits of this proposed technique are simple configuration, small size, and low cost. Moreover, the operating range of the LVDT can be extended without the limitation of the nonlinear transfer characteristic. The performance of the proposed technique is discussed in detail and confirmed by experimental implementation. Experimental results show that the maximum error from the proposed technique is about 0.42% and the operating range of the LVDT can be extended to more than 200%. It can be seen that the proposed technique is suitable for embedded measurement in small or micro robots.
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    Temperature Compensation for Transformer-type Transducer
    A novel technique to compensate the temperature effect of a transformer-type transducer is proposed in this paper. The effect of the ambient temperature on the transformer-type transducer is investigated from a primary-winding current. The advantage of the proposed technique is that the temperature effect is compensated without requiring a temperature sensor, making it suitable for applications in robotic and automation systems operated in harsh environments. The primary-winding current of the transducer is generated using a second-generation current conveyor (CCII). The excitation signal of the transformer-type transducer is driven by the CCII and the current flowing through the primary winding is transferred to an output signal of the CCII. The deviation of the primary-winding current due to the temperature effect is evaluated from the output signal of the CCII. The temperature effect on the transducer is manipulated by a closed-loop principle using a subtract-and-sum action instead of a traditional proportional-plusintegral action to eliminate the deviation of the primary-winding current. Therefore, the temperature effect on the transducer is compensated. A linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) is used to demonstrate the proposed technique, whose performance is discussed in detail and confirmed experimentally. All devices used in this experiment are commercially available. Experimental results show that the measured error of the output signal from the LVDT at 70 C can be reduced from 6.2% without temperature compensation to 0.06% by using the proposed technique, which has the advantages of a low cost, simple configuration, and high performance.
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    Wireless Carbon Monoxide Level Control and Monitoring System
    This paper proposes an online carbon monoxide control and monitoring system. The proposed system comprises an MQ-7 CO gas sensor module, a DHT11 digital temperature and humidity sensor module, an ESP8266 module, and a Relay Module. The ThingSpeak platform is used to create HMI for online monitoring of CO level, temperature, humidity, and status of the ventilation fan. This proposed system can measure CO and monitor all parameters of measurement data, alert users when CO values exceed the set value. In addition, the measured CO values are used to control the ventilation system operation (ON or OFF) to maintain the CO at a non-harmful level. The experiment testing and results with three conditions show that the proposed system can measure and monitor CO level, temperature, and humidity online with satisfying values. The ventilation fan can operate with function as a design procedure and maintain CO at a non-harmful level.
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    Power monitoring circuit using operational amplifiers
    (2010-12-01) ; ;
    Julsereewong, Prasit
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    In this paper presents a power monitoring circuit for battery energy management system using operational amplifiers. The proposed scheme consists of a current sensing circuit with voltage output and an analog multiplier. The voltage output of current sensing circuit is directly proportional to load current. The multiplying result of the load current in the form of voltage signal and the load voltage becomes the load power in term of output voltage of analog multiplier. The configuration of the proposed power monitoring circuit is simple and economically attractive. Simulation and experimental results confirming the performance of the proposed circuit are agreed with the expected values. ©ICROS.
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    8-Electrode data collection system for electrical capacitance tomography
    (2006-12-01) ;
    Lertpakdee, Thanakorn
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    Chitsakul, Kitiphol
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    Sangworasil, Manas
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    8-electrode data collection system for electrical capacitance tomography is presented. The system mainly consists of a signal generator, 8×2 multiplexer, detector, amplifier, band-pass filter, rms-to-dc converter, A/D converter circuit and control computer. Experimental results with a circular sensor show that the proposed system is able to collect data with satisfy sensitivities, linearity, resolution and also being insensitive to noise. Reconstructed images from collected data are shown. © 2006 ICASE.
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    Simple interface circuit for resistive/capacitive sensors
    (2013-01-01)
    Tongcharoen, Jakkapun
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    This paper presents a method to realize interface circuit for resistive and capacitive sensors. The proposed circuit employs commercially available devices to generate the output signal in form of time period, which is linearly proportional to the both of sensing resistance and capacitance. Circuit configuration is simple and small in size. Experimental results verifying the performances of the proposed circuit are also included.
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    Voltage signal Max/Min finder
    (2009-12-01)
    Lekthamrong, Chanon
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    In this paper, a circuit technique to realize Max/Min finder for fuzzy applications is presented. The maximum or minimum operation can be provided by setting the external control current without changing the topology, while the input signals are in the voltage forms. The proposed Max/Min finder configuration is simple and suitable for fabrication in standard CMOS technology. The circuit performance is studied using PSPICE analog simulation program. Simulation results verifying the performance of the proposed scheme are agreed with the expected values. © 2009 SICE.
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    Position signal detector for linear variable differential transformer
    (2020-12-01) ;
    Luangpol, Amata
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    This paper presents the position signal detector for linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) based on RMS-to-DC converter. The proposed detector consists of the differential amplifier, the comparator, the phase detector, the controllable unity-gain inverting/non-inverting amplifier and the RMS-to-DC converter. The proposed technique provides a simple scheme and uses the low cost commercial available devices such as opamp, transistor and digital logic gate. The experimental testing with the commercial LVDT model OP12.5G from Solartron Metrology showing the proposed position signal detector can produce the output voltage corresponding to the measured displacement with satisfactory values and good linearity.
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    Resistive-Sensor Interfacing Circuit for Remote Measurement Using CFOA
    (2024-01-01) ; ; ;
    Kaewpoonsuk, Anucha
    An alternative approach to implementing an interfacing circuit for resistive sensor-based remote measurement is presented. The proposed technique uses a Current Feedback Operational Amplifier (CFOA) as an active building block to produce an output voltage linearly related to the resistance of the sensor. Moreover, the accuracy of the output voltage is improved by the enhancement of CFOA. In addition, the proposed circuit provides compensation for the effects of lead-wire resistance. The performance of the proposed technique is discussed in detail and confirmed by PSPICE program simulation and experimental implementation. The resistance decade box is used in the experiment. The maximum error on the output voltage of the experimental results is about 0.4234 %. The experimental results show that the proposed technique provides good performance.
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    Simple LVDT demodulator
    (2020-10-13) ;
    Luangpol, Amata
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    A simple technique to realize demodulator for linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) is presented in this paper. The proposed LVDT demodulator is based on sample and hold technique. The proposed scheme consists of peak detector, phase detector, monostable circuit, sample and hold circuit, and controllable unity-gain inverting/noninverting amplifier. The presented technique employs the simple and low-cost devices such as op-amp, and digital logic gate. Experimentation with the commercial LVDT model OP12.5G from Solartron metrology shows that the proposed LVDT demodulator provides the output voltage corresponding to the movement of LVDT core with satisfactory values and good linearity. The maximum error of the proposed demodulator is about 1.5%. In addition, the output magnitude of proposed LVDT demodulator can be adjusted by variable resistor (VR1) without the external circuit requirement.