Velocity and Acceleration/Vibration Sensing and Control Trainer Setup :

Trainer consist of Master Unit, Experiment Panel & Interfacing Module:

Master Unit Specifications:

Built in power supply – DC supply +12V, 500mA. Variable 7V to 14V @3Amp

Built in function generator – O/P waveform- sine, triangular & square, TTL O/P freq. 1Hz to 200KHz in ranges with amplitude & freq. control pots, o/p voltage 10Vpp.

On board measurement facility : DC voltmeter 2V/20V (1 No) & LED BAR graph with 10; LED indicator to display 0-2.5V or 0-4V input

Experimental Panel:

Speed Sensing Transducers Panel: 12V DC motor with speed varying from 0-4000rpm & rotating slotted wheel having 8 slots; Individual signal conditioning circuit with programmable threshold comparator., F to V Converter with span & zero amplifier; 6 Nos. of Speed transducers & their experiments: 1) Magnetic pickup, 2) Photo reflective, 3) Photo interruptive, 4) Inductive pickup, 5) Stroboscope envelop detector, 6) Hall sensor.

Vibration sensor and Air flow sensor Experiment Panel: Vibration (accelerometer) sensor i) Operation Range : Audio frequency (2KHz – 3.5KHz), ii) Power amplifier : 1W capacity as a vibration generator, iii) Piezo electric sensor, iv) Determination of acceleration (accelerometer), velocity, displacement components.

Air flow sensor (Hot wire Anemometer) : i) Preheated thermister = 100 ohm, ii) DC fan (12V, 1 ½”) to generate variable airflow in a mini wind tunnel with manual outlet control, iii) Bridge amplifier to O/P 0 = 2V at various temperatures (Fan speed).

Reconfigurable Interface and Control Module: It is an embedded hardware device designed specifically to help students design real, complex engineering systems more quickly and affordably than ever before.

• Affordable tool to teach and implement multiple design concepts with one device
• 10 analog inputs, 6 analog outputs, 40 digital I/O lines
• Wireless, LEDs, push button, accelerometer onboard
• Xilinx FPGA and dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor
• Programmable with LabVIEW or C; adaptable for different programming levels
• In-built 3-Axis Accelerometer

Experiments:

• Velocity Control
• Vibration Analysis
• Acceleration Control