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MCE 311 - Engineering Measurements: R R V I

This document contains a homework assignment with 4 problems related to engineering measurements. Problem 1 asks the student to calculate the minimum input impedance of an amplifier to keep loading error below 1% when connected to a 120 ohm pressure transducer. Problem 2 asks the student to determine the output impedance of a force transducer based on measurements using devices with different input impedances. Problems 3 and 4 ask the student to design attenuation networks to step down voltages for measurement equipment, and calculate the associated loading errors.

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MCE 311 - Engineering Measurements: R R V I

This document contains a homework assignment with 4 problems related to engineering measurements. Problem 1 asks the student to calculate the minimum input impedance of an amplifier to keep loading error below 1% when connected to a 120 ohm pressure transducer. Problem 2 asks the student to determine the output impedance of a force transducer based on measurements using devices with different input impedances. Problems 3 and 4 ask the student to design attenuation networks to step down voltages for measurement equipment, and calculate the associated loading errors.

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MCE 311 – Engineering Measurements

Homework 2
Due date: October 11, 2016

1. A pressure transducer has an output impedance of 120 Ω and is to be connected to an


amplifier. What must be the minimum input impedence of the amplifier to keep the
loading error less than 1%?

For this problem we want the voltage drop across the resistor Rs to be 0.01xVs. The current in the loop is
I  Vs /(Rs  Ri ) and the voltage drop across the resistor is Vdrop = IsxRs.

Combining these:

0.01Vs  Vs /(Rs  Ri )  Rs  Vs /(120  Ri )120 . Solving for Ri, we get

Ri = 11,880 .

2. The output of a force transducer is 5 mV when measured with a digital multimeter that
has a 5 MΩ input impedance. The output (for the same force) is 4.8 mV when connected
to a signal conditioner with a 10 kΩ input impedance. What is the output impedance of
the force transducer? Note that the circuit resembles the one shown in the previous
problem.

The input voltage, Vi, is IxRi. The current is Vs/(Rs+Ri). Combining, Vi=RixVs/(Rs+Ri). In the first case:

0.005=5x106xVs/(Rs+5x106) For the second case:

0.0048=10,000xVs/(Rs+10,000) These can be solved simultaneously to give

Rs = 416 .

3. The output of a DC generator that produces a maximum voltage of 90 V is to be


attenuated to 10 V for input to a signal conditioner. Specify the values of the resistors in
an attenuation network (see Figure below) such the loading error of the voltage at the
MCE 311 – Engineering Measurements
Homework 2
Due date: October 11, 2016

output terminals of the generator is 0.1%. The output impedance of the generator is
10 Ω and the signal conditioner has an input impedance of 100 k Ω.

For a loading error of 0.1%, the voltage drop across Rs should be 900.001 = 0.09 V. The current
through Rs is then:

VRs 0.09
IRS    0.009 A
Rs 10

IRs also flows through R1 and the combination of R2 and Ri. For R2 and Ri, we have:

   
   
 1   1 
Vo  10  IR  0.009  0.009
 1 1  1 1 
     
 R2 Ri   R2 100k 
R2  1124

The voltage drop across R1=900.0910= 79.91V

V 79.91
R1    8879.0
I 0.009

4. A data acquisition system is to be used to measure the value of a maximum 120 V line
voltage. The maximum input voltage to the data acquisition system is 8 V and its input
impedance is 1 MΩ. The output impedance of the power line circuit is 0.5 Ω.
a. Determine the value for resistor R2 if R1 has a value of 100 kΩ.
b. Determine the loading error of the line voltage at the attenuator input
MCE 311 – Engineering Measurements
Homework 2
Due date: October 11, 2016

The attenuation network is shown below.

a. If we ignore the effects of Rs and R0, we can have:

Vo R2

Vi R1  R2
8 R2

120 100000  R2
 R2  7142.9

(If we include Rs and R0 ,the value of R2 is 7193 , less than 1% different.)

b.

V 120
IA  
R 



1
0.5  100000   
 1 1 

 7142.9 10 6 
120

0.5  100000  7092.2
 0.00112A

Voltage drop across line load resistor

V  IAR  0.00112  0.5  0.00056V (small )

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