Analysis and implementation of nonlinear transducer response over a wider response range

In today’s automation systems transducers are making core elements in the instruments and the circuits used for measurement, control and industrial applications. The task of a transducer is to reproduce a physical quantity as an electrical signal which with the help of conditioning circuits, is t...

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Main Authors:	Khan, Sheroz, Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA). 2008
Subjects:	TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/26313/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/26313/1/P_248.pdf

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spelling	iium-263132013-07-23T04:22:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26313/ Analysis and implementation of nonlinear transducer response over a wider response range Khan, Sheroz Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering In today’s automation systems transducers are making core elements in the instruments and the circuits used for measurement, control and industrial applications. The task of a transducer is to reproduce a physical quantity as an electrical signal which with the help of conditioning circuits, is transformed into a form that suits a corresponding ADC requirement before a digital equivalent output of the required physical quantity is produced. In the most ideal cases a digital quantity is a true replica of the physical quantity when the transducer has got a linear response. However, in most of the cases the transducers characteristics are nonlinear, and hence at very points along the whole range of the transducer characteristics, the corresponding digital output is an exact replica of the concerned physical parameter. This work is about how a physical read more accurately in the case of nonlinear sensor characteristics, and then a microcontroller is programmed with the same technique while reading from an input over the entire range. The data of the microcontroller reading shows very closely matched with the actual sensors response. Further, the reading error is considerably reduced to within 10 % of the actual physical which shows the utility of the technique in very sensitive applications. International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA). 2008-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26313/1/P_248.pdf Khan, Sheroz and Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul (2008) Analysis and implementation of nonlinear transducer response over a wider response range. Sensors & Transducers Journal, 89 (3). pp. 61-70. ISSN 1726-5479
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spellingShingle	TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Khan, Sheroz Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul Analysis and implementation of nonlinear transducer response over a wider response range
description	In today’s automation systems transducers are making core elements in the instruments and the circuits used for measurement, control and industrial applications. The task of a transducer is to reproduce a physical quantity as an electrical signal which with the help of conditioning circuits, is transformed into a form that suits a corresponding ADC requirement before a digital equivalent output of the required physical quantity is produced. In the most ideal cases a digital quantity is a true replica of the physical quantity when the transducer has got a linear response. However, in most of the cases the transducers characteristics are nonlinear, and hence at very points along the whole range of the transducer characteristics, the corresponding digital output is an exact replica of the concerned physical parameter. This work is about how a physical read more accurately in the case of nonlinear sensor characteristics, and then a microcontroller is programmed with the same technique while reading from an input over the entire range. The data of the microcontroller reading shows very closely matched with the actual sensors response. Further, the reading error is considerably reduced to within 10 % of the actual physical which shows the utility of the technique in very sensitive applications.
format	Article
author	Khan, Sheroz Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul
author_facet	Khan, Sheroz Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul
author_sort	Khan, Sheroz
title	Analysis and implementation of nonlinear transducer response over a wider response range
title_short	Analysis and implementation of nonlinear transducer response over a wider response range
title_full	Analysis and implementation of nonlinear transducer response over a wider response range
title_fullStr	Analysis and implementation of nonlinear transducer response over a wider response range
title_full_unstemmed	Analysis and implementation of nonlinear transducer response over a wider response range
title_sort	analysis and implementation of nonlinear transducer response over a wider response range
publisher	International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA).
publishDate	2008
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Analysis and implementation of nonlinear transducer response over a wider response range

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