JEE508 SIGNAL CONDITIONING, DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA ANALYSIS

Assessment 2

TASK TRANSDUCERS AND DATA ACQUISITION ASSESSMENT 2

Description OH&S: Safety boots and lab coats must be worn during lab sessions in the Control Lab
building. Foods and drinks are strictly prohibited.

The main aim of this assignment is to investigate effects of quantization and sampling
on digital data using DAQ cards and LabVIEW and analyse provided data set/s. You
need to:

1. Determine a set of DAQ cards, signal generator and accelerometer, and

experiments to collect data;
2. Select various sampling rates
3. Determine if any of the experiments should be repeated, explaining why;
4. Determine which instrument could be replaced resulting in a decrease in error
for the results;
5. Specify a replacement model for the instrument determined in step 4; and
6. Investigate the effects of quantisation (i.e. voltage) and sampling rates.

To complete this assessment you need to use Control Lab facilities (you MUST attend
at the specified time to gain access). In the Control Engineering Lab
(NH.AN28.L01.103, the Old Cavitation Tunnel Building) there are the following
transducers, data acquisition boards and software:

Transducers (in Control Lab):

Accelerometers (Charge Mode Accelerometer: Brel & Kjr 4371, IEPE
Accelerometer: Brel & Kjr 4514-001) and Charge Amplifier
Delorenzo Frequency Signal Generator (up to 100 kHz)
Tektronix 2MHz Function Generator
Maxon DC motor, Encoder and ESCON motor drive (outputs: analog voltage to
control speed, digital output to enable the motor drive, inputs: speed and
armature current)
Pressure transducers
Strain gauges
Flow transducers

Data acquisition boards (in Control Lab):

USB-6251 board (M series, 16-bit, 1.25 MS/s) + Terminal connector block (can
be used with SC-2345, SCC ACC01)
NI USB-6351 board (X series, 16-bit, 1.25 MS/s) + Mass terminals
NI USB-6000 (12-bit, 10 kS/s)

Software (in Control Lab):

LabVIEW 2013 (you MUST run this version)
Accelerometer data logging LabVIEW program/s (liaise with Ahmed and Sanaz)
Towing Tank Suite (liaise with Jonathan Binns)
MATLAB/Simulink 2014b/2015a and Data Acquisition Toolbox

You are recommended to run 1 experiment using the following transducers and data
acquisition boards:

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 Experiment 1 (unknown frequency signal): USB-6351, Maxon DC motor with
imbalance mass rotor and motor drive, encoder, charge mode accelerometer and charge
amplifier to get raw data including acceleration, speed and current signals.

You must answer these questions:

What is the relationship between motor voltage and frequency of oscillation?
At what Nyquist frequency are you able to determine the frequency of
oscillation?
At what sampling frequency can you resolve the energy in the oscillation?

To achieve this you need to systematically vary:

Sampling frequency (e.g. 100, 1000 & 10,000 Hz)
Record length (e.g. from 2 to 4 seconds)
Motor voltage, (e.g. from 0.5 to 2.5 V).
Ensure repeatability of measured data

You need to measure and analyse:

Acceleration
Motor velocity
Motor current draw

The data will be saved in text-formatted files. Please take your USB memory stick to
copy data files.

Task Length Sufficient to describe the experiment, the fundamentals of the analysis method, the
results and the meaning of the results. Typically this will be a report of approximately
5-10 pages (excluding Appendix) like a journal/conference paper. You can use the lab
report template at https://www.amc.edu.au/beng.templates.

Due Date 11:59 pm 21 August 2017 (you can submit the electronic copy with analysis programs
via MyLO or email. No hardcopy is required.)

Assessment % 40% from the full unit marks.

ASSESSMENT OUTCOMES & CRITERIA

UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES
1 List 5 probabilistic and 5 deterministic methods of analysing time series data
2 Design and test a combined analog and digital filter system for an expected set of experimental data
Specify a temperature, a pressure, a strain, a force, a flow, a level and an acceleration transducer for a given set of data
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acquisition requirements using global and local resources
4 Report the details of an experimental setup for a specialist experimentalist and a generalist scientist
5 Differentiate between an impulse signal and a periodic signal and apply analysis methods appropriate to each form of data
6 Determine if a particular study requires formal ethical approval, if not then identify what ethical considerations are required

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
The extent to which the three elements listed above are defined.

(See the attached rubrics for details.)

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