Worksheet On Transducers
Worksheet On Transducers
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Transducers
1- A pot is supplied with 10 V and is set at 82°. The range of this single-turn
pot is 350°. Calculate the output voltage.
2- A 10-kΩ pot is used as a position sensor assumes that the wiper is in the
middle of its range. Find the loading error when
a. The interface circuit presents an infinite resistance.
b. The interface circuit presents a resistance of 100 kΩ.
3- A motor with a piggyback tachometer has a built-in gear box with a ratio of
100: 1 (that is, the output shaft rotates 100 times slower than the motor). The
tachometer is with an output of 3 V/Krpm. This unit is driving a machine
tool with a maximum rotational velocity of 60°/s. What is the expected
output of the tachometer?
4- For the circuit shown in figure the supply voltage is 30 volts. A current of
5 mA flows when the PC cell is illuminated with about 400 lm/m2 and
reenergized when the PC cell is dark. The PC cell illumination characteristic
is given in the figure below.
a- Find the required series resistance R1
b- Find the value of dark current
5- A strain gauge and bridge circuit are used to measure the tension force in a
steel bar. The steel bar has a cross-sectional area of 13 cm2. The strain gauge
has a nominal resistance of 120 Ω and a GF of 2. The bridge is supplied with
10 V. When the bar is unloaded, the bridge is balanced so the output is 0 V.
Then force is applied to the bar, and the bridge voltage goes to 0.0005 V.
Find the force on the bar if the Young’s Modulus (E) for steel is 2.07 × 107
N /cm2.