Tuesday, January 8, 2008

EE446 (three-level) Report


EE446 Report


To: J.A. Svoboda

From:

Date(s): 1/8/08

Subject: Angle Measurement using a Potentiometer and Inverting Amplifier

Introduction: The circuit shown in Figure 1 produces an output voltage, vo, that represents the quantity indicated by a dial connected to the potentiometer.



Figure 1. Potentiometer circuit.


Conclusion: Suppose the dial connected to an 100 kW potentiometer indicates an angle -180 deg < Q < 180 deg. After choosing Ri = ______ and Rf = _______, The output voltage is related to the input angle by vo = k Q where k = 55.56 mV/degree.

Results:

  1. The Thevenin equivalent of the potentiometer circuit is …

  1. The inverting amplifier is represented by the equation…

  1. Combining Results 1 and 2, the circuit is represented by the equation…

  1. (Verification) When Q = 45 deg the expected output voltage is vo = x. The actual output voltage is vo = y. x is similar to y because …

  1. Simulating the circuit using PSpice confirms that …

Findings:


R1:
  1. The open circuit voltage is …

  1. The output resistance is …

R2:
  1. The op amp is modeled as ….

  1. The gain of the inverting amplifier is …

R3
  1. Combining R1 and R2, the circuit is represented by the equation…

R4
  1. The actual output voltage is vo = …

R5:
  1. Figure 2 shows the PSpice circuit that simulates the circuit shown in Figure1.

  1. Figure 3 shows the simulation results.

  1. In Figure 3, the output voltage is related to the input angle by vo = k Q where k = 55.56 mV/degree.


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