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Real world measurements

Real world measurements. Measuring things. M aking measurements is an essential part of all branches science and engineering. Much (all?)of our understanding of the world was born from experimental measurements (often ones that disagreed with the current theory).

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Real world measurements

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  1. Real world measurements

  2. Measuring things • Making measurements is an essential part of all branches science and engineering. • Much (all?)of our understanding of the world was born from experimental measurements (often ones that disagreed with the current theory). • Models of systems are useless without validation. • Performance of engineered systems must always be measured and tested. “Experiment is the sole judge of scientific truth” Feynman

  3. Healthcare

  4. Modern engineering systems

  5. Physics – classical and today Michelson-Morley Large hadron collider

  6. And corporations want to instrument your life (this is a conspiracy)

  7. What you will learn (hopefully) • Make a set of physical measurements. • Analyze and present experiment data. • Conduct basic error analysis of data. • Design a basic computer based experimental system. • Use measurements test physical models.

  8. Leverage • Sensors and electronics keep getting cheaper. • Wireless keeps getting cheaper and better. • Sensors getting smaller. • GPS is getting easy and cheap. • IPhone and Wii are driving down complex sensor costs. • Ability to interface to computers keeps getting easier.

  9. Course structure (some details TBD)

  10. Project theme – The natural world Possible examples: • Environment • Weather balloons • Lakes, rivers. • Weather, wind, rain. • Bio-instrumentation • EKG • EEG • Pulse oximeter • Biomechanics (accelerometers in your shoes) Projects can focus on building a reasonably challenging sensor/circuit or using commercial sensors and focus on the experiment and the data.

  11. A few things…. • This is not an EE course. • Ninjas. • Lab reports – focus mainly on results. • Weekly labs will be individual, we will try to minimize the sharing of equipment. • Team project will be in groups of about 4. • Significant changes in labs from last years class.

  12. Grades – yes we have to give them • Storey conjecture: If you turn everything in on time, come to class, spend a reasonable amount of time on homework, and put forth a reasonable effort, the lowest grade you will receive is a B. • Corollary: You can easily get a C, D, or F by not doing the above mentioned tasks.

  13. So… let’s get down to business

  14. Hardware – USB data acquisition

  15. Analog to digital conversion What is the sample rate? Our system has a 14 bit ADC, if we set the range to ±10 V, what is resolution?

  16. Resolution 14 bit ADC: 00101011101101 214=16384 numbers Resolution = range/16384 Eg: range is +10 to -10 V; 20/16384=1.2 mV range is +1 to -1 V; 2/16382 = 0.12 mV

  17. Aliasing error

  18. Noise What are sources of noise?

  19. Types of noise • Thermal (Johnson) noise – due to thermal motion of charge carriers. • Shot noise – discrete nature of electrons • 1/f noise or flicker noise Interference • Electromagnetic interference – (man-made or natural) • Cross-talk – coupling between different signal lines

  20. How accurate is the DAQ? • If we measure 1 V, should we believe it? • Test with Keithley

  21. How close is the measured value to the actual one? • Pressure sensor example:

  22. Simple voltage divider demo R =2.5V = R What’s this voltage?

  23. USB 6009 – input impedance i R =2.5V = i is not 0! R

  24. Analog output demo R=20K and 200 Ω =1V =

  25. Source impedance DAQ Analog Output =200 Ω =1V What is R source for our DAQ?

  26. Generic sensor measurement If R source is small, and Rmeas is big, then you measure Vsensor Otherwise, you might be measuring something else! Sensor Measurement- DAQ

  27. This week: Accelerometers

  28. Matlab data acquisition toolbox

  29. In class exercises • See Data Acq. Toolbox tutorial, try exercises 1, 2, and 3. Work with the person next to you. • Try to create a virtual scope, where data is collected and plotted continuously. Hint: collect an infinite number of samples.

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