DEWE-43 User Manual
DEWE-43 User Manual
DEWE-43 User Manual
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These are top-quality instruments which are designed to provide you years of
reliable service. This guide has been prepared to help you get the most from your
investment, starting from the day you take it out of the box, and extending for
years into the future.
DEWE-43
1 Table of contents
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2 Safety Instructions
The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.
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this document. DEWESoft MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH
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MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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consequential damages, whether based on contract, tort, or any other legal
theory, in connection with the furnishing of this document or the use of the
information in this document.
Warranty Information:
A copy of the specific warranty terms applicable to your DEWESoft product and
replacement parts can be obtained from your local sales and service office.
Support
Please contact:
DEWESOFT d.o.o.
Gabrsko 11a
1420 Trbovlje
SLOVENIA
Tel.: +386 356 25 300
Fax: +386 356 25 301
Web: http://www.dewesoft.org
The telephone hotline is available
Monday to Friday between
08:00 and 15:00 CET (GMT +1:00)
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Printing History:
Version 2.6
Released JUL, 2017
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Safety symbols in the manual:
WARNINGS
The following general safety precautions must be observed during all
phases of operation, service, and repair of this product. Failure to comply
with these precautions or with specific warnings elsewhere in this manual
violates safety standards of design, manufacture, and intended use of the
product. DEWESOFT d.o.o. assumes no liability for the customer’s failure
to comply with these requirements.
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Environmental Considerations
Information about the environmental impact of the product.
This symbol indicates that this system complies with the European
Union’s requirements according to Directive 2002/96/EC on waste
electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Please find further
information about recycling on the DEWESoft web site
www.dewesoft.org
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Safety instructions for all DEWESoft systems
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3 Specifications
Analog inputs
Number of channels 8
Inputs Voltage, bridge (IEPE, temperature
with adapters)
ADC type 24 bit sigma delta with
anti-aliasing filter (see section ADC)
Sampling rate simultaneous 200kS/sec sampling
rate
Input type Differential
Input ranges ±10V, ±1V, ±100mV, ±10mV
Sensor supply 12V, 400mA sensor supply
±5V ±0.1% bridge sensor supply
Overvoltage protection ±70V input protection
Dynamic range 107dB@ ±10V range
DC accuracy 10 V range 0,05% of value +1 mV
1 V range 0,05% of value +0.2 mV
100 mV range 0,05% of value +0.1 mV
10 mV range 0,05% of value +0.1 mV
Input impedance 20MΩ||47pF(differential)
10MΩ||33pF(common mode)
CMRR >80dB (see section CMRR)
Maximum common mode
voltage ±13V
Signal to noise
0.1kS/s to 51.2kS/s 105dB
51.2ks/s to 102.4kS/s 100dB
102.4kS/s to 200kS/s 75dB
Channel-to-Channel Phase <0.1deg @5kHz
Mismatch
Phase-to-Phase Mismatch -0.6deg @1kHz
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Counter/Digital inputs
Number of channels 8 counters/24 digital input, fully
synchronized with analog
Modes counting, waveform timing, encoder,
tacho, geartooth sensor
Counter timebase 102.4MHz
Time base accuracy Typical: 5 ppm, Max: 20 ppm
Max. Bandwidth 10MHz
Input Filter 500 ns, 1µs, 2µs, 4µs, 5µs and 7.5µs
Counter resolution 32-bit
Compatibility TTL/CMOS
Configuration Pull-up with 100kΩ
Input low level -0,7V to 0.7V
Input high level 2V to 5V
Overvoltage protection ±30V input protection
CAN bus
Number of ports 2
Interface type CAN 2.0B, up to 1 MBit/sec
Special applications OBDII, J1939, CAN output
Galvanic isolation Not isolated
Bus pin fault protection ±36V
ESD protection 8kV
General specifications
Power supply 9-36 V DC
Maximum sensor power 6W
consumption
Maximum power 11W
consumption
Interface USB 2.0 interface
Physical dimensions 225x80x45 mm
Weight 720 g
Operating temperature -20 to 60 deg. C
Storage temperature -40 to 85 deg. C
Humidity 95% RH non condensing @ 60°C
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3.1 Hardware revisions
IN+
ADC
IN- AGND AGND
The high input impedance (10MΩ ground referenced) has no distortion influence
on the measured signal.
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ADC:
The DEWE-43 uses 8 delta-sigma A/D converters. If you sample with a data rate
of 102.4 kS/s, the ADC actually samples the input signal with 13.1072 MS/s
(multiply the data rate with 128) and produces 1-bit samples which are applied to
the digital filter. The filter expands the data to 24-bits and rejects signal parts
greater than 51.2 kHz (Nyquist frequency). It also re-samples the data to the
more conventional rate of 102.4 kS/s.
A 1-bit quantizer introduces many quantization errors to the signal. The 1-bit,
13.1072 MS/s from the ADC carry all information to produce 24-bit samples at
102.4 kS/s. The delta-sigma ADC converts from high speed to high resolution by
adding much random noise to the signal. In this way the resulting quantization
noise is restricted to frequencies above 100 kHz. This noise is not correlated with
the useful signal and is rejected by the digital filter.
ADCs can only represent signals of a limited bandwidth. The maximum frequency
you can represent is the half of the sampling rate. This maximum frequency is
also called Nyquist frequency. The bandwidth between 0 Hz and the Nyquist
frequency is called Nyquist bandwidth. Signals exceeding this frequency range
can not be converted correctly by the sampler.
For example, the sample rate is 1000 S/s, the Nyquist frequency is 500 Hz. If the
input signal is a 375 Hz sine wave, the resulting samples represent a 375 Hz sine
wave. If a 625 Hz sine wave is sampled, the resulting samples represent a 375
Hz sine wave too. This happens because signals exceeds the Nyquist frequency
(500 Hz). The represented frequency of the sine wave is the absolute value of the
difference between the input frequency and the closest integer multiple of the
sampling rate (in this case 1000 Hz).
When the sampler modulates frequencies out of the Nyquist bandwidth back to
the 0 to 500 Hz baseband it is called aliasing. Signals which are not pure sine
wave can have many components (harmonics) above the Nyquist frequency.
These harmonics are erroneously aliased back to the baseband, added to parts
of the accurately sampled signal and produces a distorted data set. To block
frequencies out of the Nyquist bandwidth, a lowpass filter is applied to the signal
before it reaches the sampler.
Each input channel has its two pole anti-alias lowpass filter with a cutoff
frequency of about 250 kHz. The very high cutoff frequency allows an extremely
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flat frequency response in the bandwidth of interest and a small phase error. The
analog filter precedes the analog sampler. The analog sampler operates at 256
times the selected sample rate for rates below 51.2 kS/s, 128 times for rates
between 51.2 kS/s and 102.4 kS/s. For rates over 102.4 kS/s the oversampling is
64 times. That means, the ADC operates at 13.1072 MS/s if you select a sample
rate of 102.4 kS/s (128 * 102.4 kS/s).
The 1-bit oversampled data is passed to a digital anti-aliasing filter. This filter has
no phase error and an extremely flat frequency response. It also has an
extremely sharp roll-off near the cutoff frequency (0.38 to 0.494 times the sample
rate) and the rejection above 0.5465 times the sample rate is greater than 92 dB.
The output stage of the digital filter resamples higher frequencies to 24-bit
samples.
The digital filter passes only signal components within the Nyquist bandwidth or
within multiples of the Nyquist bandwidth of 64, 128 or 256 times (depending on
sampling rate). The analog filter rejects most noise near these multiples. The
following diagrams show the frequency response of the input circuitry.
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The ADC samples at 64, 128 or 256 times the data rate (depending on the
adjusted sample rate). Frequency components above one half of the
oversampling rate (> 32, 64 or 128) can alias. Most of this frequency range is
rejected by the digital filter. The filter can not reject components that lie close to
integer multiples of the oversampling rate because it can not differentiate these
components from components between 0 Hz and the Nyquist frequency. That
means, if the sample rate is 100 kS/s and a signal component is between 50 kHz
and 12.8 MHz (128 x 100 kHz), this signal will be aliased into the passband
region of the digital filter and is not rejected. The analog filter removes these
components before they get to the digital filter and the sampler.
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Spectral noise - 50Ω termination – 8 averages – 16k lines@50kS/s:
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CMRR:
All 8 analog channels of the DEWE-43 are fully differential inputs with resistance
of 10MΩ||10pF. The input voltage range is ±10V, ±1V, ±100mV and ±10mV.
Because of the differential input structure, the difference of the input
(Ch x(+) – Ch x(-)) will be shown as the result of the measurement. Although the
input is protected for input voltages to ±70V, the common voltage range of each
input is limited to about ±13V. If the input voltage exceeds this range, the result is
not valid even when the difference input voltage is lower than current input range.
These voltage ranges will be clipped and introduced as large errors that can be
easily identified in frequency spectrum. The figure bellow show the allowable
common-mode input voltages for various input voltages and measurement
ranges.
Example:
Many signal sources (function generators) and power supplies are floating sources. That means that
they are isolated from each other and from AC power line. If we connect a sensor with differential
output and floating power supply to measurement device, then GND of sensor and measurement
device can have different voltage potential. This is what the measurement device see as common-
mode voltage. This common-mode voltage can range from few volts to few hundred volts, but in
almost all cases this renders the measurement. To prevent this effect, GND signals of the sensor and
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measurement device need to be directly connected. That way we eliminate common-mode voltage.
On DEWE-43 this connection is possible over connector GND wire or over “Common GND”
receptacle on the housing.
The DEWE-43 is suited with synchronous 32-bit advanced counter and digital
inputs. In addition to the basic counter function like simple event counting,
up/down counting and gated event counting also period time, pulse width, two-
edge separation, frequency and all encoder measurements are supported. All
counter inputs can also be used as digital inputs. In addition to the basic counter
input selections, ADC Clock can also be used as counter source. The figure
bellow shows the block diagram of the counter and input overvoltage protection.
Digital Out
IN0/A
IN1/B
Filter Main Counter Counter Out
IN2/Z Decoder
Sub Counter
ADC Clock
+5V
IN0/A
+5V
IN1/B
+5V
IN2/Z
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4 Device operation
Side connectors
Sync
Common GND
Power USB
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4.1 Connectors
9-pin D-SUB female connector for analog input:
5 4 3 2 1 Pin Assignment
1: EXC+
2: IN+
3: Sense-
4: AGND
5: +12V
6: Sense+
7: IN-
8: EXC-
9 8 7 6 9: TEDS
LEMO EGJ.1B.302.CLA
LEMO EGG.00.304.CLL
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4.2 Typical sensor connection
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Single ended connectiom
Connector Sensor
TEDS
9
IN+
2 +
Floating
Output
IN-
7 -
+12V
5 Power
Supply
GND
4
Connector Sensor
1 Exc+
6 Sns+
2 IN+
Sns-
3
Exc-
8
IN-
7
GND
4 SHD
Important: If sensors or other signal sources with isolated external power supply
are used, ground signals of DEWE-43 and external power supply should be
connected over connector GND wire or over “common GND” input on housing to
prevent common-mode voltage problems.
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1 Exc+ 1 Exc+
6 Sense+ 6 Sense+
7 IN- 7 IN-
Sense- Sense-
3 3
Exc- Exc-
8 8
IN+ IN+
2 2
GND GND
4 4
SHD SHD
1 Exc+ 1 Exc+
6 Sense+ 6 Sense+
2 IN+ 7 IN-
Sense- Sense-
3 3
Exc- Exc-
8 8
IN- IN+
7 2
GND GND
4 SHD 4 SHD
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Quarter bridge 10V excitation:
Connector Sensor
1 Exc+
6Sense+
2 IN+
3Sense-
8 Exc-
7 IN-
GND
4 SHD
Connector Sensor
1 Exc+
6Sense+
2 IN+
4 GND
IN-
7
SHD
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DEWESoft bridge completion adapters:
5
7 IN-
3 Sns-
8
8 Exc-
2
2 IN+
GND
4 SHD
7 IN-
3 Sns-
8
8 Exc-
2
2 IN+
GND
4 SHD
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5 Driver installation
To install the driver of DEWE-43, please connect the device to the PC with USB
cable. If the driver is not installed, the following message will appear:
Select »Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)« option and click
Next.
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The driver should be located on the system CD. You can either point out this
location or just simply select »Search removable media«.
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6 Using DEWE-43 in DEWESoft
Please make sure that external power supply is connected before the device is
connected via USB to the computer.
To enable CAN bus, please go to Can section and select DEWESoft USB device
in CAN section. Make sure that the Hardware clock check box is enabled.
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other cards are valid, but this registration comes with each system.
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If you plan to simply review the files, please select “Demo mode”. If you plan to
do a measurement, connect the device and click refresh button.
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If MSI adapters are used, they will be automatically recognized in the amplifier
interface.
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When acquiring data and the USB connection is lost, the acquisition will stop. In
this case reconnect the unit and restart the acquisition with reconnect button.
In this case (if the data was being stored, the gap will be filled in with missing
data).
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7 Firmware upgrade
To make firmware upgrade of the device, please connect DEWE-43 with the USB
cable to the computer. It is assumed that the drivers are already installed.
Important: Make sure that the external power supply is NOT connected during the
firmware upgrade.
Please download the latest firmware from DEWESoft web site. Then run “USB
Firmware Upgrade Tool” program.
Next select DEWESoft USB in the “Device” combo box.
Press Upload button and wait until progress bar reaches 100%. Please don’t
interrupt this operation.
When upload is finished, press OK and new firmware is uploaded on the device.
If this fails for any reason, repeat the upload process again.
When the process is finished, disconnect the USB, reconnect power and then
reconnect USB again.
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8 DEWESoft LICENSE INFORMATION
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DEWESoft 7 LICENSE INFORMATION
Your DEWE-43 has many additional features which we will support with new
releases of software. DEWESoft 7 enables the support of MSI adapters and
digital inputs. With the purchase of DEWE-43 you are entitled for free upgrades
of the software and firmware within all DEWESoft versions 6 and 7.
Press Register Online (computer must be connected to Internet) and you will get
the registration file.
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