EE 4BD4 Lecture 14 Position Sensors 1
Types of Sensors Potentiometers and linear resistors Capacitive sensors (mm distances, e.g. capacitive microphone) Linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) Hall Effect sensors Optical encoders Accelerometers 2
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Basic Approach (not direction sensitive) 7
Phase –Sensitive Detector for Direction Excitation signal between 50 Hz and 25kHz (10 times greater than frequency of movement) 8
Alternate Processing Approach 9
AD598 Signal Conditioner (Simplified) 10
Hall Effect Voltage V H 11
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Analog Devices Magnetic Field Sensor (Linear output) 14
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Setting Gain of the Chip 16
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