Smart measurement system for resistive (bridge) or capacitive sensors

Guijie Wang; Gerard C. M. Meijer

doi:10.1117/12.320176

20 July 1998 Smart measurement system for resistive (bridge) or capacitive sensors

Guijie Wang, Gerard C. M. Meijer

Proceedings Volume 3328, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Smart Electronics and MEMS; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.320176
Event: 5th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A low-cost smart measurement system for resistive (bridge) and capacitive sensors is presented and demonstrated. The measurement system consists of three main parts: the sensor element, a universal transducer interface (UTI) and a microcontroller. The UTI is a sensor-signal-to-time converter, based on a period-modulated oscillator, which is equipped with front-ends for many types of resistive (bridge) and capacitive sensors, and which generates a microcontroller-compatible output signal. The microcontroller performs data acquisition of the output signals from the interface UTI, controls the working status of the UTI for a specified application and communicates with a personal computer. Continuous auto-calibration of the offset and the gain of the complete system is applied to eliminate many nonidealities. Experimental results show that the accuracy and resolution are 14 bits and 16 bits, respectively, for a measurement time of about 100 ms.

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Guijie Wang and Gerard C. M. Meijer "Smart measurement system for resistive (bridge) or capacitive sensors", Proc. SPIE 3328, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Smart Electronics and MEMS, (20 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.320176

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