Capacitive electrode sensor implanted on a printed circuit board designed for continuous water level measurement

Water level sensors are one of the practical ways to get the actual measurement of the depth of a dam or canal. The ease of deployment and easy data acquisition makes them widely used in many fields. Therefore, it will be advantageous to have a miniaturized water level sensor for easier mobility and...

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Main Authors:	Abdullahi, Salami Ifedapo, Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi, Abdul Malik, Noreha
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Language:	English English
Published:	Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES) 2019
Subjects:	TK452 Electric apparatus and materials. Electric circuits. Electric networks TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
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spelling	iium-716192019-11-24T10:53:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/71619/ Capacitive electrode sensor implanted on a printed circuit board designed for continuous water level measurement Abdullahi, Salami Ifedapo Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Abdul Malik, Noreha TK452 Electric apparatus and materials. Electric circuits. Electric networks TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices Water level sensors are one of the practical ways to get the actual measurement of the depth of a dam or canal. The ease of deployment and easy data acquisition makes them widely used in many fields. Therefore, it will be advantageous to have a miniaturized water level sensor for easier mobility and deployment. A novel method for measuring water level using a Printed Circuit Board has been proposed in this paper. The design stages of circuit sketching, printing of sketch on PCB and etching are discussed for the electrode water level sensor. A signal conditioning circuit is necessary to maintain a steady flow of current from the power source. The fabricated electrode water level sensor was tested based on its capacitive effect while charging up and the amount of current at each electrode finger at the saturation stage. The hardware enablers for this test were the multimeter and LCR meter. Arduino microprocessor was used to test and measure the transient response time for each electrode finger. The transient response sensitivity of the electrode sensor is measured to be 0.0873 millisecond/cm while the resolution of the electrode sensor is 0.1cm over a range of 30cm water level. A multiple correlation of 0.921 was achieved for the water level, measured current and measured capacitance with P-values less than 0.05 indicating strength of the data obtained from the tests conducted. The result showed strong evidence that the electrode water level sensor can be an alternative method of measuring water level. Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES) 2019-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71619/1/13%201515%20103.%20Habaebi%20Capacitive%20Sensor%20ed%20zly%20%281%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71619/7/71619_Capacitive%20electrode%20sensor%20implanted%20on%20a%20printed%20circuit%20board%20designed%20for%20continuous%20water%20level%20measurement_Scopus.pdf Abdullahi, Salami Ifedapo and Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi and Abdul Malik, Noreha (2019) Capacitive electrode sensor implanted on a printed circuit board designed for continuous water level measurement. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 8 (2). pp. 452-461. ISSN 2089-3191 E-ISSN 2302-9285 http://journal.portalgaruda.org/index.php/EEI/article/view/1515 10.11591/eei.v8i2.1515
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spellingShingle	TK452 Electric apparatus and materials. Electric circuits. Electric networks TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices Abdullahi, Salami Ifedapo Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Abdul Malik, Noreha Capacitive electrode sensor implanted on a printed circuit board designed for continuous water level measurement
description	Water level sensors are one of the practical ways to get the actual measurement of the depth of a dam or canal. The ease of deployment and easy data acquisition makes them widely used in many fields. Therefore, it will be advantageous to have a miniaturized water level sensor for easier mobility and deployment. A novel method for measuring water level using a Printed Circuit Board has been proposed in this paper. The design stages of circuit sketching, printing of sketch on PCB and etching are discussed for the electrode water level sensor. A signal conditioning circuit is necessary to maintain a steady flow of current from the power source. The fabricated electrode water level sensor was tested based on its capacitive effect while charging up and the amount of current at each electrode finger at the saturation stage. The hardware enablers for this test were the multimeter and LCR meter. Arduino microprocessor was used to test and measure the transient response time for each electrode finger. The transient response sensitivity of the electrode sensor is measured to be 0.0873 millisecond/cm while the resolution of the electrode sensor is 0.1cm over a range of 30cm water level. A multiple correlation of 0.921 was achieved for the water level, measured current and measured capacitance with P-values less than 0.05 indicating strength of the data obtained from the tests conducted. The result showed strong evidence that the electrode water level sensor can be an alternative method of measuring water level.
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author	Abdullahi, Salami Ifedapo Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Abdul Malik, Noreha
author_facet	Abdullahi, Salami Ifedapo Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Abdul Malik, Noreha
author_sort	Abdullahi, Salami Ifedapo
title	Capacitive electrode sensor implanted on a printed circuit board designed for continuous water level measurement
title_short	Capacitive electrode sensor implanted on a printed circuit board designed for continuous water level measurement
title_full	Capacitive electrode sensor implanted on a printed circuit board designed for continuous water level measurement
title_fullStr	Capacitive electrode sensor implanted on a printed circuit board designed for continuous water level measurement
title_full_unstemmed	Capacitive electrode sensor implanted on a printed circuit board designed for continuous water level measurement
title_sort	capacitive electrode sensor implanted on a printed circuit board designed for continuous water level measurement
publisher	Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES)
publishDate	2019
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Capacitive electrode sensor implanted on a printed circuit board designed for continuous water level measurement

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