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emitted from the object.

-Strain Gage - Widely used to indicate torque, force, pressure, and other variables. Output is change in resistance due to strain, which can be converted into voltage.

-Thermistor - Also called a resistance thermometer; an instrument used to measure temperature. Operation is based on change in resistance as a function of temperature.

-Thermocouple - widely used temperature transducer based on the Seebeck effect, in which a junction of two dissimilar metals emits emf related to temperature.

-Turbine Flowmeter - transducer to measure flow rate. Output is pulse train.

-Venturi Tube - device used to measure flow rates.

13.3 ANGULAR POSITION

13.3.1 Potentiometers

A variable resistor is used to convert an angle or displacement to resistance/voltage.

These give absolute position readings.

Linear resistors are used for measuring linear displacement.

The basic principle of operation is that a moving wiper (sensor input) moves a contact along a resistor. The ends of the resistor are connected to reference voltages. As the wiper moves the potentiometer acts as a voltage divider and produces a voltage proportional to position.

V

Vout=V(a/L)

L

• rotational potentiometers are the most popular. These may be limited to a fixed range either less than 360, or some number of turns.

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V

Vout

 

θ

Vout

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= V θ

 

 

 

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Advantages include,

-typically inexpensive

-easy to use

-very common in a variety of forms, resistances, etc.

Disadvantages include,

-limited accuracy (there are high cost solutions)

-subject to mechanical wear

13.3.2 Encoders

An incremental encoder will produce a set of output pulses, and a direction as it is rotated.

The encoder contains an optical disk with fine windows etched into it. As the encoder shaft is rotated, the etched disk inside rotates. As it rotates various optical sensors are turned on and off.

There are two basic types,

absolute - the same shaft position will always give the same position reading relative/incremental - these just indicate movement, and they require that other circuits or pro-

grams be used to track position

• How the openings are etched onto the disk determine whether it is absolute or relative.

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sensors read across a single radial line

relative

 

(quadrature) encoder

absolute encoder

 

In actual encoders there can be thousands of divisions per rotation.

With an absolute encoder the output is a binary or gray code number.

A quadrature pulse counter uses two pulses out of phase and deduces distance and direction.

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Quad input A

clockwise rotation

Quad Input B

Note the change as direction is reversed

total displacement can be determined by adding/subtracting pulse counts (direction determines add/subtract)

Quad input A

counterclockwise rotation

Quad Input B

To determine direction we can do a simple check. If both are off or on, the first to change state determines direction. Consider a point in the graphs above where both A and B are off. If A is the first input to turn on the encoder is rotating clockwise. If B is the first to turn on the rotation is counterclockwise.

13.3.3 Resolvers

• These use small magnetic coils to detect positions and behave much like relative encoders.

13.3.4 Practice Problems

1. What is the resolution of an absolute optical encoder that has six tracks? nine tracks? twelve

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